the document says that the sanctions the United States should cover all areas related to the completion of the Russian pipeline. Under the new restrictions can get the company that provides services for the conversion and equipping of ships engaged in the laying of pipes across the Baltic sea, as well as the owners of the vessels involved in the construction.
in addition, the proposed sanctions to be imposed against companies that insure vessels working on the completion of the pipeline.
the Basis for the adoption of such restrictions the authors of the bill called the critical threat of a pipeline to the national security of the United States, Ukraine and European energy independence.
Earlier, a spokesman of the company-operator Nord Stream AG 2 Jens Mueller called any threat of additional sanctions against the pipeline “Nord stream-2,” discrimination of European companies.
construction of the pipeline “Nord stream-2” are unable to be completed in early 2020 due to U.S. sanctions, adopted in December 2019. Under the American restrictions were marine vessels engaged in pipe-laying at depths greater than 30 meters. After the imposition of sanctions Washington has demanded that European contractors to immediately stop work. Russia has announced that it will be able to finish the pipeline on their own. The main contenders for the completion of the called – laying vessel “Akademik Chersky” and pipe laying barge “Fortuna”. Both ships are now within easy reach from the location of the proposed works, in the German port Murkan.
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“and the stream-2” includes two threads of a gas pipeline from Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. Its total capacity will be 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The pipeline passes through the territorial waters or exclusive economic zones of Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. To date laid over 2,300 km of pipes, i.e. 94% of the total length of the pipeline.
