In Congress introduced a bill on sanctions against the "Nord stream - 2"

Us Senator from the Republican party John Barrasso introduced in Congress a draft law on sanctions against the " Nord stream - 2 ".

yesterday the head of the United States Donald trump made the use of restrictive measures against the participants of the energy project. The American leader said that " people have a right to do what they want."

He also criticized Germany for purchase of gas from Russia. According to his statement, Washington "protects" Berlin from the capital of Russia, attempting to stop the construction of the " Nord stream - 2 ". Trump said that the Russian Federation "has billions and billions from Germany" and "real output" of this situation may be purchasing American LNG.

for reviews of the author of the bill, penalties would allow NATO "to protect themselves from political pressure and manipulation" from Russia.

the document also proposes to introduce restrictive measures against other Russian pipelines and to accelerate the delivery of LNG to the us allies of the US capital, according to NATO.

"Nord stream - 2" involves the construction of 2 lines of the pipeline under the Baltic sea from Russia to Germany. The pipeline passes through the territorial waters or exclusive economic zones of Finland, Sweden and Denmark.

in the European Union the construction of the pipeline support Norway, Austria and Germany who are interested in reliable gas supplies. However, some countries criticized: for example, Ukraine does not want to lose revenue from the transit of Russian natural gas, and the United States, plans to start deliveries in the European Union of its liquefied natural gas.

The authorities of Russia many times noted that "Nord stream - 2" is only economic in nature, and undertaken in the interests of the countries - exporters and importers of natural gas.



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