The U.S. house of representatives approved defense budget with the sanctions against the "Nord stream - 2"
The chamber authorized the U.S. voted in support of the defense budget for 2020 that provide sanctions Against the "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream."
The chamber authorized the U.S. voted in support of the defense budget for 2020 that provide sanctions Against the "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream."
before the Senate and House authorized the U.S. agreed on the defence budget for 2020 in the amount of 738 billion. For 2019 the same budget of $ 716 billion.
The new defense budget among other things again laying money on "anti-Russia" in the region and to help Ukraine. The document also provides for the " protection of the European energy security through the introduction of penalties associated with the Russian energy pipelines."
Now the expression of the will for budget is obliged to pass in the Senate. The U.S. President Donald trump said that he was ready immediately to sign the Document after approval by Congress.
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.
Against the "Nord stream - 2" actively support Ukraine, which fears to lose the income from the transit of gas from Russia, and several European countries, including Poland, Latvia and Lithuania and also the USA, promoting the EU's own liquefied natural gas. They called the project the political and threatening Europe's energy security. Moscow has many times stated that the Project "Northern stream - 2" is a completely commercial, competitive, and pointed out that it does not involve the termination of transit of gas from Russia via Ukraine to the EU.
"Turkish stream" involves construction of 2 pipelines with a capacity of fifteen, 75 billion cubic meters each. The first line is required for the supply of Russian gas to Turkish consumers, the second is for the gas supply countries in southern and South-Eastern Europe.
at the end of November, the head of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the launch of the pipeline is expected on January 8. At the same time "Gazprom" has filled with fuel both lines.
the European Union gas from Turkish stream would go through Bulgaria to Serbia and Hungary. In Bulgaria the necessary infrastructure required to build in the first part of 2020.
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