. German business believes American punishment Against the "Nord stream - 2" the threat to Europe, said the print edition of die Welt. As said the head of the Eastern Department of the German Economics Minister Wolfgang büchel, the introduction of restrictive measures Against the project will transform the European energy policy in the " toy USA ". "The last of the sanctions of the US projects will hurt in the 1st turn to companies from friendly countries such As Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland ", - quotes the journal of Büchel. according to His statement, the U.S. intervention in the European energy policy will provoke inevitable split between Washington and Brussels, which affected both sides. "European energy issues - it is the Europeans, So it will be in the future," said büchel. He has supplemented his words by the fact that in September of the next round of talks between the EU, Russia and Ukraine on the question of a new transit contract, and punishment US have the opportunity to hurt this process. The project "Northern stream - 2" provides the padding around the Baltic sea 2 pipelines from Russia to Germany. Its capacity will be 55 billion cubic meters per year. The pipeline passes through the territorial waters or exclusive economic zones of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Nord Stream AG 2 it remains to obtain permission for construction only from Denmark. The project is expected to finish at the end of the year. in support of the project are Germany and Austria interested in a reliable fuel supply, as well as Norway, the government which owns 30% of company shares Kvaerner, one of the executors of the construction. Against the building act Ukraine who fear losing the income from the transit of gas from Russia, Lithuania, Latvia and Poland, who believe a political Project. The US had also criticized the construction of " Nord stream - 2 ", As the authorities of America suppose to deliver to the European Union liquefied natural gas. at the end of July, the us Senate Committee for international Affairs has released a Draft law that predusmatrivaet the introduction of 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. Thus, under penalties have the opportunity to get organizations from Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Germany, Netherlands, France, Finland and Sweden. Restrictive measures will come into force, if the Draft law will support both houses of Parliament and will be signed by the head of Donald trump. the Russian authorities have repeatedly noted that "Nord stream - 2" is solely economic in nature and aimed at strengthening the energy security of Europe. For its part, the official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova called a possible punishment Against the project a new round of Russophobia. <span style="color:darkgray