WASHINGTON - The U.S. State Department this month told European companies which it suspects are helping to build Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that they face the risk of sanctions as the outgoing Trump administration prepares a final round of punitive measures against the project, two sources said on Tuesday.
The U.S. source said the State Department is expected to issue a report by Thursday or Friday on companies it believes are helping the Russia-to-Germany pipeline. Companies that could be in the report include ones providing insurance, helping to lay the undersea pipeline, or verify the project’s construction equipment, the source said.Zurich Insurance Group could be listed in the report, the source said. The company did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Gazprom halted Nord Stream 2 construction for a year after U.S. sanctions in December 2019. But work has resumed as Gazprom hopes to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea to double the existing line’s capacity. The project is 90% completed with only a 62-mile stretch in deep waters off Denmark left to complete.
Doesn't the USA have enough on its own plate to deal with atm?
Tell the US keep your mouth shut up and take care about your problems
Another aspect of of Trump I like. Germans collaborate with the russian dictator on this and only Trump is able to stop it.
Europeans is in a difficult position either have a despotic interfering chaotic supplier ................. or russia ha ha devil and the deep blue sea
European companies & European states ? How long they love U.S? They do nothing but they likely to retaliate & harm U.S? Stay tuned? USA superpower from hell?
the dog barkes the caravan moves on