The German government "capitulated" to the United States in connection with the situation around the pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", this opinion in an interview Last news was expressed by the official representative of the "Alternative for Germany" (ADH) in the Bundestag on energy Steffen Cotterêts. "Nord stream - 2 ", reminded the people's choice, important for ensuring energy security of Germany, and attempts to "derail" the project had to force the Government of Angela Merkel to immediately rise to His defense. According to KOTRA, the Government led by Merkel is " no longer able to represent the desires of Germany, not to mention to uphold them." He added that the stability of Ukraine " has nothing in common with other economic projects." 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. The Russian side has many times stated that the Project is purely commercial and competitive, and pointed out that It does not involve the termination of transit of gas from Russia via Ukraine to the EU. <span style="color:darkgray