“The new US sanctions are also unacceptable for the opponents of Nord Stream 2,” RIA Novosti quoted him as saying.
He noted that the Greens have always fought against the gas pipeline project, but called the sanctions a wrong decision.
According to him, the Greens cannot "understand what kind of friendship is sought here, when friends are sanctioned, if they do business with third parties."
“The pipeline is and will remain the wrong German decision - not the American one,” he added.
Earlier, the US Treasury imposed restrictive measures against the Transadria company and the Marlin vessel for their involvement in Nord Stream 2.
On November 23, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken announced that Washington would introduce new sanctions against those involved in the implementation of Nord Stream 2.
State Department spokesman Ned Price noted that the United States will continue to implement restrictive measures against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.