The US Ambassador in Berlin Richard Grenell said punishment, which the US imposed on the last working day of the week Against the pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", was taken in the interests of the EU and most European countries thank you for them. American punishment was introduced Against the pipeline "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream ", the United States wanted to obtain from organizations, leading them strip, to immediately stop the construction. Firm Allseas, which is engaged in the construction of " Nord stream - 2 ", has suspended work. Thus in the German government told that "rejected such extraterritorial punishment "directed" Against German and European organizations." "in Germany currently represent about what you need to do more for Europe, and we believe that when the story is about the" Northern stream - 2 ", we have taken an extremely Pro-European stance. I have almost the whole day I hear from European diplomats gratitude for what we have taken these measures, " - said the Ambassador. 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, the project participants, for example, are the European organization." Gazprom " first of many times stated that it is expected to finish in 2019. 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 "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. <span style="color:darkgray