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The US is negotiating to stop Russia from invading Ukraine, but a Germany-backed natural gas project complicates things.
This episode was produced by Will Reid, edited by Matt Collette, engineered by Efim Shapiro, fact-checked by Laura Bullard and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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