“… Last weekend brought the Canadian-German decision—supported by the U.S. in a statement issued on Monday—to waive sanctions and release a turbine needed for the Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline. The two-year waiver was described by President Volodymyr Zelensky as “weakness” and “absolutely unacceptable.”
A source close to Zelensky’s government, who spoke with Newsweek on the condition of anonymity, described the rationale for the Canadian decision as “bizarre and non-sensible,” and the decision itself as “morally bankrupt.””
