“Thus, the US administration will primarily harm German firms and the population of Germany,” he said in a comment to Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland.
The diplomat recalled that the gas pipeline project is multilateral, and not only Russia, but also several European corporations are participating in it.
Thus, everyone wins - Russia supplies gas to Europe directly at reasonable prices.
“If the United States wants to supply Germany with liquefied gas, which is much more expensive, then Germany must decide for itself whether this option is desirable and whether it will pay off,” Nechaev concluded.
As US President Joe Biden said earlier, in the event of a hypothetical “Russian invasion of Ukraine”, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be “put to an end”.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the country would act jointly with the United States in the event of "Russia's invasion of Ukraine."