“The lack of trust in world politics and economics is compounded by the widespread use of unfair competition methods such as unilateral sanctions, protectionism, and trade wars. Among the latest egregious examples, I’ll cite US attempts to hinder the implementation of Nord Stream-2, contrary to the opinion of the leading EU countries, ”he said, starting a press conference.

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.

As noted in Gazprom, Russia has no technological obstacles in order to independently complete the construction of Nord Stream-2.