Commissioning of Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline equipment at an onshore site in Russia. File photoMOSCOW, Jan 20The US may impose sanctions on Germany over the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, suggests historian Katja Heuer in a Telegraph column. agenda,» Hoyer believes. According to the expert, the German side is too dependent on Moscow for energy supplies, which prevents Berlin from fully supporting the anti-Russian policy of other Western countries. At the same time, if the new leadership of Germany implements plans to close nuclear power plants in the country, then Germany's dependence on Russian gas will increase, Hoyer emphasized. As the historian noted, the policies of all the last governments of the Western European state have led to the current state of affairs. /uploads/2022/01/e70468e49b30db8637b129a9a3932280.jpg» />Peskov explained why it is impossible to turn off Nord Stream 2. «It is unfair to blame one (Foreign Minister Annalena. — Ed.) Burbock for the current situation. The dilemma in which she found herself was arranged by others — former chancellors Gerhard Schroeder and Angela Merkel. The first launched Nord Stream 2 and still chairs its shareholders' committee. The second oversaw its construction and accelerated the closure of German nuclear power plants. And now the political blame for Germany's dependence on Russia has fallen on Burbock's shoulders,» Hoyer explained. flow — 2 «with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year will be stretched along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to Germany. The procedure for its certification was temporarily suspended, since the regulator considered it necessary to create an enterprise in Germany — a «daughter» of Nord Sream 2 AG, which, according to European law, must submit a new application for certification. The process was suspended under the influence of the United States, which wants to use Nord Stream — 2″ as a lever of pressure on Russia in the aggravated situation around Ukraine. Moscow, in turn, has repeatedly urged not to politicize the situation around the gas pipeline and emphasized that this is an exclusively commercial project, beneficial not only to Moscow, but also to the European Union.Read the full text of the article on the InoSMI website >> img src=»/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/e3acfa82bf69ada8efc7bf796e1eb986.jpg» />NATO Secretary General announced disagreements with Scholz over Nord Stream 2
