– US threatens to sanction European firms involved in Russian gas project:
“As many people know, we oppose the Nord Stream 2 project, the US government does,” State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert said during a news briefing. “We believe that the Nord Stream 2 project would undermine Europe’s overall energy security and stability. It would provide Russia [with] another tool to pressure European countries, especially countries such as Ukraine.”
'For too long, European nations have been held hostage to Russian political pressure…' https://t.co/5muHnz38wW #NordStream2
— RT (@RT_com) March 19, 2018
The pipeline project was started in 2015 as a joint venture between Russia’s Gazprom and its European partners, including France’s Engie, Austria’s OMV, German Uniper and Wintershall, as well as British-Dutch multinational Royal Dutch Shell. The pipeline, running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, is set to double the existing pipeline’s capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year.
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