. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Germany regarded the letter of U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell in the German organizations involved in the project " Northern stream - 2 ", as another provocation, informs journal Handelsblatt citing sources. before the media reported that Grenell sent out letters to a number of German organizations and hinted at the possibility of introduction of sanctions from the USA because of the support of the " Nord stream - 2 ". Authorized the Ambassador said that these messages should not be perceived as "danger" and as a " clear expression of U.S. policy ". according to the publication, the organization received a letter addressed to the Ministry of foreign Affairs, to learn how to respond to such danger. The Ministry have advised them to refrain from the answer. In the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the letter is regarded as a provocation, writes the print edition. according to the magazine Spiegel, on the first day of the week the Ministry of the Federal Chancellor and the German foreign Ministry have plans to discuss whether to react "on Grenelle and its all fresh provocations" and what exactly should be the reaction. "Nord stream - 2" involves the construction of a gas pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. The United States opposes this project. Vladimir Putin, in this regard, said that Donald trump pursues the desire of American business in the supply of LNG to the European Union. Angela Merkel mentioned many times that Berlin is considering a project as commercial, however, it linked its implementation with the preservation of gas transit from Russia through Ukraine. The Russian side also repeatedly stated that the project is purely commercial and competitive, and pointed out that it does not involve the termination of transit of gas from Russia via Ukraine to the EU. <span style="color:darkgray