US President Joe Biden. Archive photoMOSCOW, 15 Jan. Russia laughs at US President Joe Biden, who has significantly softened the rhetoric against her. This is stated in an editorial in the Washington Examiner. Observers of the American edition recalled that during the election campaign in 2020, the future leader of the country openly demonstrated his fury towards Moscow. Biden accused the former head of the White House, Donald Trump, of having too warm ties with her.The ex-deputy of the Rada said that the United States would soon transfer Ukraine to Russia «Russia must be laughing at the Democrats, because their tough policy has become a distant memory,» the authors complained. In their opinion, the refusal of the party to support sanctions against Nord Stream 2, which Republican Ted Cruz proposed to introduce. — 2″ is a ready-to-work pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the Russian coast through the Baltic Sea to Germany. To launch it, you need to complete the certification procedure for Nord Stream 2 AG as an operator. In accordance with European legislation, it must create a German «daughter» and submit an application on its behalf. Then the Federal Network Agency of Germany will make a decision, according to which the European Commission will express its opinion. who want to use Nord Stream 2 as a lever of pressure on Russia in the aggravated situation around Ukraine. Moscow urges not to politicize the project, emphasizing that it is purely commercial in nature. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov earlier called the proposal of US senators to introduce new restrictive measures against the gas pipeline a nervous breakdown. As Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova noted, Russia considers bills on new sanctions against Moscow as a continuation of Washington's destructive line.
