The agreement involves a capital injection of 8 billion euros ($7.94 billion), Uniper said, a move that brings the government's total capital injection so far to at least 29 billion euros. Germany was more reliant than many others in Europe on Russian gas, mostly supplied via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Russia halted flows through the pipeline, blaming Western sanctions for hindering operations. European politicians call that a pretext and say Moscow is using energy as a weapon.