“At the same time, the US allies in Europe are actually getting ... The more I watch the interview (US Secretary of State. - RT ) Mike Pompeo recently, where he touches on such topics, the more it seems to me that I watch a feature film from the time of the cold war, ”said Zakharova.
At the same time, she noted that article 232 of the 2017 law “On countering America’s adversaries through sanctions”, according to which the United States intends to impose sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream projects, states that such actions should apply "only by agreement with the allies."
“Curiously, did such decisions agree with someone?” Maybe with Berlin? Although there, only the lazy did not indicate his negative attitude towards certain hypothetical American sanctions against German companies, ”the representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry added.
On July 15, Pompeo announced that the US Department of State would include Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream in the recommendations of the law on sanctions against companies involved in projects.
Later, the State Department announced that they would not impose sanctions on these companies so far.
German business called blackmail US actions on the Nord Stream - 2.