"... Instead of international law, US internal acts act, according to which Washington itself takes on the functions of a prosecutor, judge and bailiff, confiscating someone else's property at its discretion," the senator wrote on Facebook.
He stressed that as part of its internal energy security act, the United States declares confiscated the ship of a company that has not caused the slightest harm to America itself.
Earlier, Blinken said that the United States administration would impose sanctions on two ships and one Russian-related company that are taking part in the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov said that the new US sanctions against Nord Stream 2 are an example of unfair competition.