US reiterates threat of sanctions against Russian gas pipeline
Energy secretary Rick Perry warns in Kiev that the sanctions bill will target companies building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline
Kiev — The US plans to sanction companies helping construct the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline being laid from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Congress is expected to begin preparing a bill, energy secretary Rick Perry said on Tuesday in Ukrainian capital Kiev. That comes a day after the Gazprom PJSC-controlled company said that none of its contractors had pulled out because of the threat of US sanctions. “The opposition to Nord Stream 2 is still very much alive in the US,” Perry said. “I expect over the course of the not-too-distant future that the US Senate as well as the US House send a bill to the president of the US that will have some very, very onerous restrictions on companies that continue to do business with the Nord Stream 2 development. So stay tuned.” Key transit nation The US argues that Nord Stream 2 increases Europe’s reliance on natural gas from Russia, which already provides more than a third of the region’s fuel, while at the same time threatening sup...
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