Speaking at the St. Petersburg Economic Forum, Putin said “I am pleased to say that today, just two-and-a-half-hours ago, we have completed laying the pipes for the first section of Nord Stream 2, and works are advancing on the second segment.” “The gas pipeline, including the segment under the sea, …
Read More »Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline serves Austria’s economic interests – Chancellor Kurz
According to the chancellor, who will speak at the St Petersburg Economic Forum’s plenary session via video link on Friday, the Russian gas project aligns with Vienna’s economic interests. “I am very pleased that the United States no longer threatens companies participating in the Nord Stream 2 project with sanctions. …
Read More »Going with the flow: Russia doesn’t plan to shut off gas to Ukraine after Nord Stream 2 pipeline complete, top diplomat insists
Speaking to RIA Novosti in an interview published on Monday, Dmitry Birichevsky, the director of economic co-operation at the country’s Foreign Ministry, said that fears Russia could turn off the tap on supplies to its neighbor were unfounded. “We have no plan to suspend gas supplies through Ukraine,” he said, …
Read More »By trying to link Russia & Nord Stream 2 to Belarus’ grounding of plane, Western talking heads have failed to understand crisis
However, that hasn’t stopped a number of EU and UK lawmakers from suggesting targeting the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, currently under construction, over Belarus’ apparent decision to intercept a passenger plane, despite the project being Russian-backed, and the fact that any attempts to block its completion would actually …
Read More »Biden says Nord Stream 2 sanctions waived because pipeline nearly done & fighting it now would be ‘counterproductive’ with allies
“I had been opposed to Nord Stream 2 from the beginning, but it was almost completed by the time I took office,” Joe Biden told reporters outside the White House on Tuesday. “To go ahead and impose sanctions now, I think is counterproductive in terms of our European relations.” The …
Read More »L for Logic: UK considers action against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 over Belarus landing Ryanair plane
Tom Tugendhat, a Tory MP and chair of the foreign affairs committee in Westminster, also said the existing “Yamato” (sic) energy pipeline “must be frozen” in response to the arrest of Roman Protasevich in Minsk over the weekend. The most likely autocorrected name was a reference to the Yamal-Europe pipeline, which supplies …
Read More »Fortuna pipe-laying vessel resumes work on Nord Stream 2 in German waters
The German maritime regulator said that Fortuna will work in German waters from May 22 to June 31. According to MarineTraffic, the ship has left the waters of Denmark, where it previously worked on the construction of Nord Stream 2 together with the Akademik Cherskiy vessel, and is currently in …
Read More »US officially sanctions 13 Russian ships and RESCUE service over Nord Stream 2 pipeline
Three entities and thirteen vessels were blacklisted under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA) of 2019, intended to block the construction of the pipeline under the Baltic Sea and protect Ukraine’s profits from gas transit fees from pipelines through its territory. The Moscow-headquartered Federal Marine Rescue Service Morspas was …
Read More »US waives sanctions against Nord Stream company and CEO as Blinken & Lavrov meet in Iceland
Imposing sanctions on the company and its CEO under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act (PEESA) would “negatively impact US relations with Germany, the EU and other European allies and partners,” the State Department said on Wednesday. Those relations are critical to US efforts against the Covid-19 pandemic, climate change, …
Read More »Report says US will waive some sanctions on Nord Stream 2 pipeline – but reveals possible ‘Plan B’ to stop Russia-Germany gas link
Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO Matthias Warnig – a former East German secret agent turned investment banker – are engaging in “sanctionable activity” but the US State Department will waive those sanctions, citing national interests, and sanction “a handful of Russian ships” instead – at least according to …
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