JUST IN: Poisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny's condition has improved, allowing doctors to take him out of an induced coma. 9News
and accused Germany failing to provide evidence about the poisoning that it requested in late August.
"The chancellor also believes that it's wrong to rule anything out," Merkel spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters Monday after being asked about Maas' comments. "I can't express a clear, time-limited expectation, except that we are certainly not talking about months or the end of the year," he said.
The co-leader of Germany's opposition Green party, Robert Habeck, called on the government to take a stronger stance and "bury" the pipeline project.
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