Minister for foreign Affairs of Austria Alexander Ellenberg criticized in the interview to the newspaper press that the American penalties Against the pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", calling such steps of the US capital is unacceptable. "We reject the extraterritorial effects of the sanctions. This is unacceptable, " - said the head of the Ministry. He said that "Nord stream - 2" helps to diversify Europe's supply and does not infringe upon Ukraine's desire. As shown by Ellenberg, Washington does not hide the fact that his criticism of the project based on economic considerations. Responding to a question about plans for the United States to supply the EC's own LNG, the foreign Minister said that " Europe has other desires ". The Head of the Ministry noticed that the US and the EU share the same values." But We can't continue to apply the methods of 30 years ago. The world has become multipolar, " he finished Shallenberg. American head Donald trump on 20 December signed the defense budget for 2020, which, for example, provides for the restrictive measures Against the gas pipeline "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream ". The United States wanted to obtain from organizations, leading them strip, to immediately stop work on the project. Allseas into practice immediately told about temporary suspension of works on construction of " Nord stream - 2 ". According to the President of the Russian Federation V. V. Putin, the construction and launch of the gas pipeline must be completed before the end of 2020 or the first quarter of next year. He drew attention that the Russian Federation will be able to finish the pipeline on their own, without attracting foreign partners, the only question is the timing. 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. Against the project were the Ukraine, which was afraid of losing the income from the transit of gas from Russia and the United States, promoting plans to export its LNG to the European Union. In addition to them, with slogans to stop the construction many times were the United Kingdom, Poland and the Baltic States. Vladimir Putin has repeatedly said that the Russian Federation refers to the pipeline only As an economic project. In the capital of Russia agitate not to be seen As a tool of influence. The construction of the "Nord stream - 2" actively support Germany, Austria and Norway. <span style="color:darkgray