Commissioning of equipment for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline onshore in Russia. Archival photo WASHINGTON, Jan 13 The US Senate has scheduled a vote on a bill on Thursday that requires President Joe Biden to tighten sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which is designed to supply Russian gas to Europe, the US Senate said. 60 votes, that is, support for at least ten Biden Party Democrats, whose administration, as the local press reported, is campaigning against the bill. The Federal Republic of Germany named the real reason for the delay in the launch of Nord Stream 2 «The Senate interrupted its work in the evening (on Wednesday) and will meet again at 10:00 am on Thursday (18:00 Moscow time). Discussion (of the bill) is scheduled for this time. .3436 regarding sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. After a break from 12:45 to 14:15 (20: 45-22: 45 Moscow time), the Senate will vote on S.3436 with a threshold of 60 votes, » The bill directs the president to impose sanctions against «any official of the structure created for or responsible for planning, building or operating» the pipeline, as well as the structure itself. Cruise is trying to achieve the cancellation of the exemption from American restrictions on the project operator, Nord Stream 2 AG, and its executive director Matthias Warnig. The sanctions involve blocking assets in American jurisdiction and a ban on entry to the United States. the bottom of the Baltic Sea to Germany, but its certification by the German and European authorities has been suspended under pressure from the United States, which wants to use Nord Stream 2 as a lever of pressure on Russia in the aggravated situation around Ukraine.
A bill on new sanctions against Russia was presented in Congress
