“I am worried about the situation around Nord Stream 2.” How is it possible that by investing billions of euros in a project that has been legally approved by all regulators, then this project is stopped by external sanctions, without consulting Europe, ”TASS quoted the head of the Austrian company Rainer Seele.

He added that "we talk a lot, but we do not do so much."

Earlier, the Russian Foreign Ministry said that a glaring example of unfair competition are US attempts to impede the implementation of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project.

At the end of 2019, the United States announced sanctions against Nord Stream 2. The Swiss company Allseas then suspended work on the project.

In Austria, they said they reject US extraterritorial sanctions against the gas pipeline project.

Former German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder called US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 an intervention in Germany’s internal affairs.