“Still, it is calculated step by step, probably, in American planning ... There will be claims and further obstacles, and I have the feeling that under any administration,” RIA Novosti quotes the diplomat.
As Pankin noted, "the Americans are aggressively dividing Europe's energy pie, citing the fact that it is vulnerable" to Russia.
Earlier, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that Washington is working to create a coalition to prevent the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2.
As noted by the deputy of the European Parliament from Germany Maximilian Krach, the gas pipeline will compete with American shale gas and make Germany more independent from US influence.