A close ally of #Putin, #Matthias_Warnig, has been working to revive #Russia’s #Nord_Stream_2 gas pipeline with backing from #US investors - #Financial_Times #Warnig’s plan includes reaching out to #Donald_Trump’s team via #US businessmen as part of broader back-channel negotiations on #Ukraine.

#Warnig is a former #Stasi spy and used to be the head of #Gazprom’s subsidiary in charge of #Nord_Stream_2.