Original sentence: After stepping down as chancellor, Schröder accepted a post as the head of the shareholders' committee in a Russian-led consortium, controlled by Gazprom, building the North European Gas Pipeline under the Baltic Sea to supply Russian gas directly to Germany without transit through Poland, Ukraine or the Baltic countries
Edited sentence: After stepping down as chancellor, Schröder accepted a post as the head of the shareholders' committee in a Russian-led consortium, controlled by Gazprom, building a gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea to supply Russian gas directly to Germany without transit through Poland, Ukraine or the Baltic countries