A weekly radio show is called spectrum if you would like any information on the krona marash or any other science topic we should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you can get your podcast you can also find us at d w dot com slash science. Its 90 Percent Complete but could north stream too and hit a dead end gemini is readying itself to receive russian gas but some politicians in but then on the pipeline project stops over the foisting of prominent critic of the kremlin alexina valmy. And foreign firms may soon find it harder to do business with russia well look at the potential the economic sanctions. And tech stocks have taken a tumble in the us and the trucking Global Markets down with the. Place is deemed to be business on whats in. Berlin its great to have you with us german politicians are turning up the pressure on north stream too some of them want the project which will deliver gas from russia to germany and beyond to be stopped over the poisoning of prominent kremlin critic alexina valmy but the powerful nerve agent opposition from Eastern European countries and the United States has already seen work in the baltic sea frozen with a pipeline 90 Percent Complete. When this 480 kilometer long stretch of pipeline is finished it will transport oil and gas from the controversial nord stream to the pipelines terminus in northern germany to the self the oil gold pipeline will then carry fossil fuel energy on to countries including the Czech Republic and italy the pipeline operators are based in castle at germanys geographical center. The fact that north stream to future is in doubt is going to have a knock on effect here that managers here dont want to talk about maybe scenarios. Were building the pipeline which is effectively 2 lines next to each other the 1st line is already in operation and transporting gas the 2nd string will be finished at the end of this year we already have bookings for both strings and we remain confident the pipeline will be well used just. Russian gas will flow south through pumping stations like this one for decades the Czech Republic has been getting russian gas through the nord stream one pipeline the Czech Company net for gas sells 80 percent of russian gas deliveries on to slovakia austria and italy its a lucrative business with high tax revenues so the czech government also wants north stream to. In 20202123 the long Term Contracts we met for gas from from the from the past work and saw for us is that the beginning is important you know to keep the flow through the Czech Republic so we support them we support them. This brings prague into opposition with neighboring poland and the Baltic States which are fiercely opposed to north stream to these countries are worried the Energy Sector is too dependent on russia in prague on the other hand the baltic sea pipeline is viewed pragmatically. The Czech Republic seems to be a silent country in this case. Its position is quite clear. To put all jake is economy could have been official for our country. Will be years expensive north stream 2 systems on the baltic coast ever become operational the gas customers south of germany are the most concerned about the debate on whether to end the pipeline project. But on this lets speak to dr harry brass who is a leading Energy Analyst and professor at sea on spall in paris youve just published a paper on north stream team saying the Current Situation with the pipeline laying unfinished in the baltic potentially for years is actually preferable for most of the parties involved how can that be the case. Yes good morning thank you very much i think the major mistake or at least doing and you do it has done anything in your in your program to look at moultrie as a cop your 4 of who all 31. 00 yes it is a safe route yes it is the same. For sulfuric gas that you the issue is that you shape but in fact if you look at the tightening up the little stream to west competing 20 lead to another pipe wanted to be built by the russian retreads south stream and south stream did meet e. U. Opposition and at the end of the day south stream was never finished or never finished as as south stream so that is a point to 2nd point is we in europe want to and wont stupid to have transit get ukraine and so therefore there was 2022 finnish as the russian where me and way saying it to finish close to 2 because this could have been a pretty small gaff into germany interesting enough in december 29th teens this country had been you could get pretty pretty full so it was nice to reason compared to south street and the fact that we have a contract in transit from ukraine if they know right now absolutely no urgency to finish the whole stream too so in your opinion is there a possibility that no stream to be finished. Well this is why i started with the were looking at south stream i mean you rightly said that Huge Investment in space and insulting also and interesting enough if you look at south stream so the stream started in quincy 12 and west talked in pretty 14 but interesting enough it was recast or reshape or as you pipe which is to stream so instead of bringing gas from russia to big area now and hes a parishioner now brings gas from russia into turkey so i mean this story is not finished i mean youve had me on your program a few times and i think youre having me or for the story i heard a few more times but i think this story were not finished it will tribute to the operation but there are other which he i mean if you look at what your own studio after 2020 full we want to be and make Hydrogen Economy we want to have to hydrogen and hydrogen for right now we dont have it maybe this is going to produce you know all countries but also me yes this is a german strategy this is the e. U. Strategy this is going to be produced in foreign lands and produce in russia so this fight dory really isnt going away that is any time soon dr terry prost like you so much for getting is on top of this very complicated issue and europes the European Union says its not ruling out imposing sanctions on russia over the boys inning of Opposition Leader alexina valmy the case is already having an Economic Impact in the country the value of the ruble plummet after german doctors treated in the valley and concluded the tape been poisoned with nobby chalk a further escalation could prompt Foreign Investors to pull out of russia. The economic consequences of the poisoning of Opposition Leader alexina vonnie could be significant the rewards already plunged to its lowest level since the height of the coronavirus pandemic in the spring despite that some russians are taking the threat of new western sanctions in stride. Right the government says that our economy is improving due to the sanctions and we are beginning to look like a developed country rather than a gas station so we are not afraid of any sanctions. So i think some sanctions will be imposed and the whole situation is quite tragic there will be a reaction the cause of some issues we already have some problems with the Currency Exchange rate its quite worrisome. Because. The e. U. And the us have had sanctions targeting whole sectors of the russian economy in place since 2014 when russia annexed crimea further sanctions could have a massive impact on the economy german investors withdrew more than a 1000000000 euros of Investment Capital in the 1st quarter of this year largely because of the political situation. To look at some of the other Global Business stories making the news to manufacturing orders have risen for a 3rd month in a row following a devastating decline during the pandemic the value of orders raised nearly 3 percent less than expected but still rising orders are an important sign thats germanys most Important Industries are getting back on track. Facebook will ban new political ads on its platform one week before the u. S. Elections in november as part of efforts to battle this information the site will also add a label to any posts that challenge Election Results c. M. Oxycodone said the move will lower the likelihood of any last minute smears going uncontested. And asian markets followed new york down after tech shares delivered wall streets worst day since june bull stocks plunged 8 percent in a day of drops representing around 180000000000. 00 in market capitalization shares in facebook and tesla also took a beating. Well now lets get more from our Business Reporter in frankfurt Chelsea Delaney chelsea tech stocks in the u. S. Have been rallying for months now why the sudden turnaround. Well this is really the sell off that surprised no one the rally that weve seen in the stocks and particularly in tech stocks over the past couple of months has just been mind boggling even with yesterdays sell off we still have the nasdaq opposit about 70 percent since march 114 percent tousle almost 500 percent so even though the tech stocks have been seen as more insulated from krone virus affects even though their business has been doing quite well throughout this. Economic fall out of it these these values are just completely disconnected from reality so its not a surprise that weve seen these these stocks have a bit of a correction over the past couple of days you know how do we look at this is it a blip or is this the start of a downward trend. I think its its definitely. Hinting at more volatility ahead for Global Stock Markets so investors have been really really willing to look aside at really bad Economic Data that continued spread of the virus they focus very much on things like Central Banks stimulus and the prospects for a vaccine so that there has been this relative calm and markets over the past couple of months as investors been very focused on those positive developments but now were heading into a very highly contested us election and theres also a lot of questions about the crown of iris effect still so i think we will see more of these sell offs ahead thanks for bringing us up to date as always Chelsea Delaney in frankfurt and finally some good news for cinemas the makers of the new James Bond Film released a new trailer im so you this sticking to the. Fish. No time to die stars daniel craig as double o. 7 the new trailer arrives as another blockbuster tenet tries to build on it strong cinema release with openings in china and the us coronavirus for studios today layer of the states are pending an industry already nervous about competition from the likes of netflix. And thats all from me in the Business Team here in berlin if you want more from us to check out our website called slash business. Seeming against. The loose peaceful mass protests are consuming despite the arrests of foreigners and transformation. Artists in minsk courageously greenfly tell the regime you cant intimidate us anymore some kids on the. Next day w. What secrets lie behind. Discover new adventures in the 360 to. Explore. Character starts with. W. World heritage 368. Now. 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