MOSCOW, 13 Aug. Oleg Voloshin, a deputy of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine from the Opposition Platform — For Life party, spoke on the NewsOne TV channel about «the only real way» to stop the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. In his opinion, such a scenario is possible only if there is a «colossal gap» USA with Germany. Once and for all: Zelensky has abruptly resolved the Nord Stream 2 issue. touched upon: we (USA. — Ed.) do not like it, therefore we are punishing you, «Voloshin said. The parliamentarian suggested that in this case, Washington's actions would have long-term consequences for international relations.
«Tomorrow will not like (USA. — Ed.) What is being done on the territory of France, Italy. It is pure piracy to interfere in things that the United States does not directly concern,» the politician explained.
Nord Stream 2 is an almost completed pipeline from Russia to Germany with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The United States actively opposes it, interested in promoting its LNG to the EU countries, as well as Ukraine and Poland, which call the project political. Washington has imposed sanctions four times in an attempt to prevent its implementation, but the construction has reached its final stage and should be completed by the end of the summer. Moscow has repeatedly called for an end to politicizing the situation and drew attention to the fact that the pipeline is beneficial not only to Russia, but also to the European Union. What will happen if Ukraine does not get anything