“This bill prohibits the entry into the United States of individuals who assisted the pipe laying vessels of the Nord Stream 2 project, which were used to build pipelines to export certain types of Russian energy,” Andy Barra says on the website.
In addition, the bill will provide the president with the authority to impose sanctions on entities that “provide financial and insurance services to pipe-laying companies that support the export of certain types of Russian energy carriers.”
According to Republican Andy Barr, Nord Stream 2 is necessary for Russia to spread its "harmful" influence in Europe.
The new Congressional bill is a companion to the bill previously submitted to the US Senate. In July, he was approved by the US Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
According to the official representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia Maria Zakharova, the document approved by the Senate Committee indicates a new round of Russophobia.
Meanwhile, as Russian President Vladimir Putin emphasized, the construction of Nord Stream 2 and Turkish Stream is purely commercial in nature.
“I emphasize again: these projects are implemented jointly with European companies and are exclusively commercial in nature. There is no political motive here, ”the Russian leader said.
The United States previously called Nord Stream 2 a crushing blow to Europe.