WASHINGTON, Dec 6 The US administration does not support new sanctions against Nord Stream 2 which the Senate intends to discuss by mid-January, State Department spokesman Ned Price said. He believes the amendment will not be «genuine progress in countering further Russian aggression or defending Ukraine.» At the same time, according to him, the White House is still against the gas pipeline and for containing Moscow. Biden bowed his knee to Putin, writes The Washington Times. is working with Congress and European allies on a package of sanctions (against Russia), «Price said at a briefing. Nord Stream 2 Nord Stream 2 runs from the Russian coast through the Baltic Sea to Germany and consists of two lines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The installation took three years and was completed on September 10th. The opposition was actively opposed by Ukraine, which fears to lose income from transit, as well as the United States, which is interested in promoting its LNG to Europe. Washington has several times imposed sanctions on companies involved in the construction, as a result, construction slowed down by almost a year. At the same time, Germany and Austria actively supported the project. In November, BNA suspended the certification of Nord Stream 2 AG as an independent operator until it creates a German subsidiary, which will reapply. Once the new application is submitted, BNA will resume the process and make a decision within the remaining four months. Then the draft decision of the German regulator will be presented to the European Commission. The procedure is necessary for the pipeline to comply with the updated EU Gas Directive. Its regulations state that the pipe must be partially filled by an alternative supplier or its section in the EU must be owned by a third-party company.
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