On the eve, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington is forming a coalition to prevent the completion of the gas pipeline.

“The script that Mike Pompeo is talking about was predictable.

However, the very fact of the need to create a coalition indicates the existence of disagreements between the European countries, "RIA Novosti quotes Gerdt.

According to him, it was initially expected that the EU countries would speak on this issue with one voice.

He also expressed the opinion that the pressure from the United States will increase.

Earlier, the head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that one of the main targets of the West's campaign on the situation with Alexei Navalny was Nord Stream 2.