BERLIN (AP) - Germany on Sunday increased the pressure on Russia over the poisoning of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, warning that a lack of support by Moscow in the investigation could "force" Germany to rethink the fate of a German-Russian gas pipeline project. "I hope the Russians won't force us to change our position regarding the Nord Stream 2" pipeline being built under the Baltic Sea, German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas told the Bild am Sonntag newspaper. Maas also said "if there won't be an contributions from the Russian side regarding the investigation in the coming days, we will have to consult with our partners." He did not exclude possible sanctions against Russia, telling the newspaper that such measures should be "pinpointed effectively." However, Maas also admitted that halting the building of the nearly completed gas pipeline would harm German and European companies as well as Russia. "Whoever demands this has to be aware of the consequences," he said. "More than 100 companies from 12 European countries are involved (in the construction), about half of them from Germany." The German government has come under growing pressure to use the joint German-Russian pipeline project as leverage in getting Russia to provide answers on Navalny. The Nord Stream 2 project would deliver Russian gas directly to Germany under the Baltic Sea when completed, bypassing Ukraine. Navalny, a Kremlin critic and corruption investigator, fell ill on a flight to Moscow on Aug. 20 and was taken to a hospital in the Siberian city of Omsk. He has been in an induced coma in a Berlin hospital since he was flown to Germany for treatment on Aug. 22. German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called Navalny's poisoning an attempted murder that aimed to...