“Acting together with the Germans ... we have ensured that this $11 billion investment project has now become a pile of metal lying at the bottom of the sea,” RIA Novosti quoted Price as saying.

Earlier it was reported that US President Joe Biden ordered the imposition of sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and representatives of its management.

On February 22, it was reported that the German Ministry of Economy had suspended the certification process for Nord Stream 2.