Germany aims to phase out all Russian gas: finance minister

Christian Lindner vows 'not going to be pressured' by Moscow over Ukraine

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German Finance Minister Christian Lindner discusses his country's policy toward Russia and Ukraine at his office in Berlin. (Photo by Marlies Matthes)

SHOGO AKAGAWA, Nikkei editor-in-chief for Europe, Middle East and Africa, and TAKERO MINAMI, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON/BERLIN -- Germany will seek a complete halt to energy imports from Russia as soon as possible, the country's finance minister, Christian Lindner, said in a recent interview with Nikkei, stressing the urgent need to end its traditional pro-Russian policies, as the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows no sign of ending eight months after it began.

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