He said this at a press conference following a meeting of the crisis cabinet.

“It is clear that if a serious sanctions regime comes into force, then, of course, it will affect Nord Stream 2,” RIA Novosti quotes him.

Earlier, the leader of the Republican minority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, said that German Chancellor Olaf Scholz confirmed the possibility of stopping the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the event of an escalation of the situation around Ukraine.

According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline today can stabilize the situation on the European gas market.