Robert Habeck
Robert Habeck is a German politician and member of the Greens (Bündnis 90/Die Grünen). He served as Vice Chancellor and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action in Olaf Scholz's coalition government from 2021 to 2025. He is known for advocating an accelerated transition away from fossil fuels and for expanding renewable energy in Germany, and previously led his party as co-chairman together with Annalena Baerbock.
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US proposes resuming Russian gas transit through Ukraine as part of peace deal
The Trump administration is exploring the resumption of Russian natural gas supplies to Europe through Ukrainian pipelines as an economic incentive for Moscow to end the war. US special envoys Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff raised the idea with President Volodymyr Zelensky and European officials. European negotiators have rejected the proposal, citing concerns about renewing Moscow's economic and political leverage.