US President Joe Biden does not seem to abandon Donald Trump's plan of stopping the construction of the “Nord Stream-2” gas pipeline from Russia to Germany. Sanctions will be imposed on the project, but with a slight difference, Bloomberg reports.
This time, the United States will not include German companies in the new list of sanctions. There were names of a small number of organizations related to Russia on the list. According to Bloomberg, this way The Biden administration seeks to stop the implementation of the project, avoiding confrontation with the European ally.
“Nord Stream 2” is set to build two pipelines (from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea) with a total annual capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas. One of the active opponents of the program is the United States, which wants to supply its liquefied natural gas to the EU.
