It is noted that at least two analyzes carried out by the American administration have shown that the introduction of "devastating sanctions", for example, against Gazprom and the Central Bank of Russia, can also harm the economies of other countries.

The material says that this could lead to an increase in gas prices or create obstacles to trade and investment in European countries.

According to the channel's sources, one of the problems is that these negative consequences "can boomerang back to the United States in an election year."

Earlier, US State Department spokesman Ned Price said that the US administration opposes new sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which the US Senate intends to discuss.

In December, Republican Senator Ted Cruz won a Democratic majority in the Senate to vote on his proposals for additional restrictions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.