“We are confident that, despite the pressure exerted by the United States, the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will be successfully completed. The Russian Foreign Ministry intends to contribute as much as possible to this, ”RIA Novosti quoted Pankin as saying.
On February 4, the Handelsblatt newspaper, citing diplomatic circles in Washington, said the United States intended to impose new sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project.
The material notes that if Russia "tries to complete the construction of the remaining kilometers of the pipeline in the Baltic Sea, the House of Representatives and the Senate are ready to adopt another law on sanctions."
Earlier, a leading expert of the National Energy Security Fund Igor Yushkov, in an interview with NSN, commented on reports of possible new US sanctions against Nord Stream 2.