In the United States revealed details of the planned sanctions against the "Nord stream - 2"
U.S. senators made a proposal to introduce a minimum five penalties Against those who provide the service of insurance vessels engaged in laying of the gas pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", reported in placed on the first day weekend on the Internet representation of the Congress bill.
U.S. senators made a proposal to introduce a minimum five penalties Against those who provide the service of insurance vessels engaged in laying of the gas pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", reported in placed on the first day weekend on the Internet representation of the Congress bill.
The document was submitted to Congress on may 14, but Its full text was placed only on the first day weekend, June 1.
Under the foreign person means both natural and legal persons.
among the proposed penalties - denial of export licensing of American regulators, a ban on the receipt of loans totaling more than $ 10 million for 12 months, a ban on the working place with the public debt of the United States or public funds, the ban on making payments in the area of U.S. jurisdiction and the contract with the property. The employees of such organizations have the opportunity to be expelled from the United States.
The draft law envisages a ban on entry into the United States, and the freezing in the U.S. jurisdiction in which the assets of any person, in relation to "the sale, rental, providing or facilitating the provision of" vessels for placement in the sea of Russian pipelines at a depth of 30 meters and more.
The authors of the document were senators Ted Cruz, Jeanne Shaheen, John Barrasso and Tom cotton.
Foreign Policy magazine first suggested that it might affect the 2 construction companies - Swiss Allseas and Saipem Italian and can also affect the implementation of the marine part of the " Turkish stream."
The project "Northern stream - 2" involves the construction of 2 pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. It is expected to finish in 2019. The pipeline passes through the territorial waters or exclusive economic zones of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
The United States opposes the project because I have plans to promote the EU's own liquefied natural gas. Washington has many times threatened to impose penalties relative to the " Nord stream - 2 ". For example, in mid-may, about this said the head of Ministry of energy of the United States Rick Perry after talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky.
Against the "Nord stream - 2" mind Ukraine also fear losing the revenues from gas transit from Russia, Poland, Latvia and Lithuania.
in support of the construction are Germany and Austria interested in reliability of deliveries of blue fuel, as well as Norway, the government which owns 30% of company shares Kvaerner, one of the executors of the construction.
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