The USA adopted the defence budget, which provides for the strengthening of sanctions against the unfinished Russian gas pipeline “Nord stream – 2” and the second European branch of the “Turkish stream”. This will affect a large number of European companies.
About it in interview to the Russian edition of “Interfax” said the Executive Director of the Eastern Committee of German economy Germany Michael harms.
In his words, the new sanctions of the U.S. Congress can strike approximately 120 companies from 12 countries of Europe that are associated with the Russian “jets”.
The fact that the new sanctions will be eliminated a key loophole: the start of construction of the pipelines happened prior to the US law on restrictive measures.
Now in the “black list” of Washington risk the company has invested more than $ 1 million in gas projects in Moscow. Also the strike will have on those who provide technology and services for the construction of “threads”.
It should be noted that “Northern stream – 2” is subject to two sanctions packages USA. One was introduced in 2017, second in 2019. Latest blocked construction of the pipeline until the end which left to lay around 100 km of pipe.
We add that the United States consider “Northern stream – 2” the threat to European energy security. The fact that Moscow likes to use energy to blackmail other countries. It is felt, among others, Ukraine and Belarus.
Earlier Диалог.UA reported that the Russian billionaire Deripaska announced new US sanctions and called the date “the last of us seems flowers”.
We also wrote that Germany will meet the USA on sanctions against the “Nord stream – 2”: connected to the case business.
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Elena Ostapets