"It is good that the government of the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is intensively working on creative solutions that will allow us to protect ourselves from the sanctions imposed by the United States," RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.

Earlier, the publication Bild, citing sources, reported that the authorities of this German federal state are considering the option of creating a climate protection fund in order to bypass possible sanctions from the United States.

According to the press secretary of the Russian leader Dmitry Peskov, the US sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project are nothing more than a manifestation of unfair competition.