Germany Halts Nord Stream 2

Wall Street Journal: “Germany said it halted moves to open the Nord Stream 2 pipeline that would allow Russia to bypass Ukraine in exporting natural gas to Europe, and the European Union proposed a ban on purchases of Russian bonds, sanctions on all members of the Russian parliament, which is voting on the recognition Tuesday, and an asset freeze for three Russian banks with links to the two statelets.”

“The U.K. government announced a first wave of sanctions against five Russian banks and three high-net-worth individuals.”

Associated Press: “However, Putin continued to knock the world off-kilter with a strategy where confusion about the true extent of an invasion, which would automatically kick in major sanctions, remained unclear and debatable.”