The U.S. continues to discuss with the Germany option, which will be a guaranteed transit of Russian gas through Ukraine after the construction of the "Nord stream - 2," said U.S. Secretary of state Mike Pompeo. "We did in practice all they can to dissuade the Europeans, most importantly Germany, the construction of the" Nord stream - 2 ", but today it did not succeed ", - he said at the hearings in the Senate. last week the foreign Minister of Germany Heiko Maas said that Berlin would not change its position on the gas pipeline project. yesterday Vladimir Putin has explained, why America does not have the ability to stop the " Nord stream - 2 ". According to his statement, the pipeline beneficial to Europe. The President of Russia said that the European Union is difficult to work, because in practice all decisions are made by consensus of the countries. "Just absolutely opposed our American partners in the sixties. In General, the project "gas in exchange for pipes" Germany did exactly the same thing it was, " he said. The President recalled that the same situation was with the " Northern flow - 1 ". Putin drew attention that if you did not build the gas pipeline, gas prices would be much higher than at present throughout the world. The project is Firm 2 Nord Stream AG. Half of the funds reinvestiruet " Gazprom ", the remaining part will provide European partners: Shell, OMV, Engie, Uniper and Wintershall. for the construction of the pipeline are Germany, underlining the commercial orientation of the project. As noted by the Head of the Ministry of economy of the state Peter Altmaier, "Nord stream - 2" will contribute to the stabilisation of gas supplies to the European Union. in support of the project were also expressed Austria interested in reliability of deliveries of blue fuel. While in Vienna stressed that the U.S. plans to impose penalties against participating organizations " are causing issues from the perspective of international law." As noted by the Head of the Austrian concern OMV Rainer Seele, Moscow has long established itself as a reliable energy supplier. in addition, the project is supported by Norway, the government which owns 30% of company shares Kvaerner, one of the executors of the construction. <span style="color:darkgray