The Prime Minister of Saxony (Germany), Michael Kretschmer tried to persuade to cancel the anti-Russian punishment, noting that North America used these limits for their own purposes. The opinion was expressed in interview to the Berlin newspaper B. Z. "We wish to resolve the conflict (in Eastern Ukraine.- approx. Ed.) in which almost every day are killed by citizens. The only question is, by what means. We observed that punishment (against Russia.- approx. Ed.) nor to no avail, " said Kretschmer. The anti-limits are used by some countries in their own economic interests, the politician believes. As an example, he cited US efforts to prevent the construction of " Nord stream - 2 ". "We wish" Nord stream - 2 ", We want the abolition of the punishment. You need to maintain a dialogue and move towards each other, " added Kretschmer, Recalling that penalties hurt the relations of the Russian capital and Berlin. Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine and around the Crimea, which reunited with Russia after a referendum on the Peninsula. The West, accusing the Russian Federation in the intervention, were imposed against her punishment, Moscow retaliated, took the policy of import substitution and has repeatedly said that talking with her in the language of penalties is counterproductive. Russia many times stated that is not a party to the conflict in Ukraine and the subject of the Minsk agreements on the settlement. "The project" Northern stream - 2 " involves laying on the bottom of the Baltic sea 2 pipelines from Russia to Germany. Germany and Austria support the Russian Project, being interested in the reliable supply of fuel. For the construction of the pipeline performs Norway, the government which owns 30% of shares of one of the performers of construction. Lithuania, Latvia and Poland criticize the "Nord stream - 2," calling the Project politically motivated. In addition, vs is the construction of Ukraine who fear losing the income from the transit of gas from Russia and the United States who plan to establish their own liquefied natural gas to the European Union. Moreover, the us Congress has prepared a Draft law that predusmatrivaet sanctions against the participants of the project. in the capital of Russia many times noted that "Nord stream - 2" is solely economic in nature and conforms to European interests. In addition, the official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova criticized the possible punishments against participants of the energy project, calling them a new round of Russophobia. <span style="color:darkgray