Germany’s largest importer of Russian gas, Uniper, has applied for an increase after depleting its €2 billion ($2.03 billion) credit facility from Germany’s state-owned KfW bank, the company said on Monday. This is likely raise the pressure on the German government to put together a rescue package for the subsidiary of the Finnish group Fortum, which has been hit hard by the reduction in gas supplies from Russia through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. To fulfil its contracts, the company has resorted to buying more expensive gas on the market, which has led to liquidity problems. According to Klau…