US Senate BuildingWASHINGTON, Jan 14A bipartisan group of US senators intends to visit Ukraine on Sunday, Politico reports, citing two sources familiar with the details of the trip. sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The senators are expected to stay in Ukraine until Tuesday, January 18.
The White House has announced the timing of Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine. Details of their possible meetings with representatives of official Kiev have not yet been given. The day before, the US Senate rejected a bill on sanctions against Nord Stream 2: it was not possible to gain the number of votes required for the adoption of the document. The initiative won 55 votes out of the required 60 — 43 senators voted against «Nord Stream 2» — a new export gas pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year from Russia to Europe. It starts in the Ust-Luga region of the Leningrad Region, passes through the Baltic Sea and enters Germany in the Greifswald region. The project is being implemented by Nord Stream 2 AG with the sole shareholder, Gazprom. The construction of the gas pipeline lasted three years and was completed on September 10, 2021. Now both strings are filled with technical gas, Nord Stream 2 is ready for commissioning. However, Germany has suspended the Nord Stream 2 certification process AG as an operator in order for the company to reorganize in accordance with the laws of the country.Now we need to create a subsidiary in Germany and submit a new application for certification already on its behalf.In mid-December, the head of the regulator — the Federal Network Agency of Germany (BNA) — Jochen Hohmann stated that he expects a decision on Nord Stream 2 no earlier than the beginning of the second half of 2022. with Russia and USA
