The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project from Russia to Germany should be abandoned, a senior French government official said Feb. 1, given Moscow’s stance toward opposition politician Alexei Navalny and his supporters. Clement Beaune, France’s secretary of state for European affairs, said on French radio that sanctions taken against Russia to date had not gone far enough. Asked by France Inter whether he was in favor of Nord Stream 2 being halted as one option, Beaune said: “We’ve said that — yes.” Navalny was arrested on his return to Moscow from Berlin on Jan. 17, prompting mass protests across Russia. On Jan. 31, more than 5,000 protestors were reportedly detained […]