The official representative of Russian foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said the words of U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell that Washington is preparing new sanctions against Moscow.
Earlier Grenell confirmed Washington’s intention to impose new sanctions against the project “Nord stream — 2”. He believes that, despite the election campaign, to take this bill very quickly. The Americans are going to thus prevent the completion of the pipeline, or at least to prevent its commissioning.
of Course, it is regrettable that Washington is dominated by politicians, whose style — not the development of mutually beneficial international cooperation in the energy sector, and use the energy factor to continue anti-Russian and, indeed, anti-European policy, — said Zakharov on the briefing.
According to her, the United States should not meddle in European energy projects, reports TASS.
“Nord stream — 2” involves the construction of two thread pipeline with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year. They will stretch from the coast of Russia across the Baltic sea to Germany. Communication is also held through Finland, Sweden and Denmark. At this time the pipeline was built about 93%.
Wrote NEWS.ru in the Kremlin negatively perceived messages about the US plans to impose new sanctions in respect of the pipeline “Nord stream — 2”. Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov said that the construction plans is not affected, and becomes just another manifestation of unfair competition on the part of Americans.
