Official authorized Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called American Draft law on sanctions against "Northern stream - 2" a new round of Russophobia. The diplomat said that the pipeline is being built despite the threats and the initiators of the injunction embarrassing yourself so publicly not allow other countries to participate in the project. "It is a measure of his impotence ", - she said at a press conference. Zakharova noted that Washington has for many years introduces different anti-Russian punishment, but they in what have not resulted. yesterday, the U.S. Senate Committee for international Affairs has released a Draft law on restrictive measures against organizations involved in the construction of " Nord stream - 2 ". For example, the authors of the document proposed to introduce a ban on the entry of persons involved in "the sale, rental, providing or facilitating the provision" of ships for laying the Russian offshore pipeline at a depth of 30 metres, and also freeze their assets under us jurisdiction. Under penalties have the opportunity to get organizations from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, France, Finland and Sweden. penalties will take effect if the Draft law will support both chambers of Congress, and then it will be signed by the supervisor. The project "Northern stream - 2" involves the laying 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 will pass through the territorial or exclusive economic zones of Finland, Sweden and Denmark, which until has not given permission for the construction. The United States actively oppose the project, because they imply to supply the European Union's own liquefied natural gas. In addition, against the construction of the mind Ukraine who fear losing the income from the transit of gas from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, who believe a political Project. In the capital of Russia has repeatedly stressed that "Nord stream - 2" is of an economic nature. in support of the project are Germany and Austria, interested in the reliability of fuel supplies, as well as Norway, the government which owns 30% of company shares Kvaerner, one of the executors of the construction. <span style="color:darkgray