The Saga of the "Nord stream - 2" was an interesting sequel, in the sense that the American attempts to stop the input using the Russian gas pipeline have the opportunity to lead not only to the fact that he will get more support from European politicians, But also to the fact that the Union of European States will attend to system protection from us sanctions. If you compare the damage to American interests from the "Nord stream - 2" And the damage in the case of a "vandal" (anticyclonic) economic and financial system in the European Union, the Russian pipeline practice does not matter. And If Washington will be deprived of opportunities in in truth the main issues to put pressure on Brussels or the European organization for punishment, for American foreign policy It would be a disaster on a planetary scale. last week the conflict for the Washington - Brussels, And the present - the state Department, the European Commission, was exacerbated by the fact that the head of American And European diplomacy exchanged threats And statements containing mutual harsh criticism. Mike Pompeo has decided to eliminate the So-called reservation Tillerson - limitation on the imposition of penalties against the organizations contributing to the construction of "Nord stream - 2" prior to the adoption of the law on sanctions. This " disclaimer ", whose appearance in the original package of anti-Russian And "antijaponesa" punishments attributed to the then Secretary of state Tillerson, understood that to "punish" a major European oil and gas organization Is a very bad idea, was abolished in the beginning of the trip Pompeo in the European Union that could be perceived as a gesture of intimidation. The head of the state Department even went on to direct threats, demanding that all organizations with or related to the project, "out of it" or to punishment, which (If you follow American standards And historical experience) will involve the destruction of American business off from the dollar system, the confiscation of property And a ban on visits to US for their Directors. In addition, under the American punishment rink can get a large number of European organizations that work, for example, port services or insurance, the impression (shared by some Western media) that the state Department also alludes to the preparedness of all- "to punish the dollar," the leading European partners of " Gazprom ", that is, Wintershall, OMV, Engie, Shell And Uniper. On the one hand, this escalation is a powerful step in terms of demonstrating the seriousness of the US capital in terms of blocking the " Nord stream - 2 ". From the back - not very clear what can be achieved From a position of demonstration of something, in Addition to intentions: the money of the European partners "Gazprom" has invested in the project, And the pipeline being completed by the Russian organization, which currently is the sole shareholder of the organization that owns the pipeline. so, even If a foreign entity wanted to withdraw from the project, This simply cannot be done - the composition is already gone. It turns out that punishment against the European organizations would be just revenge, it is absolutely meaningless From a position of blocking of the pipeline. Of course, Washington may try to impose penalties against buyers of gas from Russia to the EU, But there is a whole series of technical issues And political risks. Pretty easy to build a scheme of sale of "Gazprom" gas To final customers was Pretty easy to figure out, thereby putting the United States And faced with a choice: to close your eyes to the ineffectiveness of punishment or to introduce a "carpet" of punishment against all organizations which would be suspected in the procurement of gas from Russia. The scenario of further escalation of this kind is possible, But it is unlikely Washington will enjoy the consequences. The Supreme Commissioner of EU on foreign And security policy of Josep Borrell in a written statement condemned the American methods of influence on the European Union: "I am deeply concerned about the increasing use of punishment or threat of punishment from the United States against the European institutions And interests. We have witnessed this growing trend in the cases of Iran, Cuba, the international criminal court And literally not so long ago in the case of projects "Northern stream - 2" And " Turkish stream ".