Gerhard Schroeder, Chairman of the Nord Stream 2 AG Shareholder Committee WASHINGTON Feb 23 US sanctions against » Nord Stream 2″ will not affect Gerhard Schroeder, who is the chairman of the Nord Stream AG shareholders' committee. On Wednesday evening, US President Joe Biden announced the imposition of sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 operator and its management, saying that the actions of the Russian Federation allegedly «stimulate the world to abandon Russian gas.» «The White House said that the sanctions will not affect Gerhard Schroeder,» the Reuters news agency said. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said earlier that he had instructed the country's Ministry of Economy to take the «necessary administrative step» in order to cancel now certification of Nord Stream 2. We are talking about the withdrawal of the document from the ministry, on the basis of which the Federal Network Agency carried out the certification of the gas pipeline operator. Earlier, the German Ministry of Economy, headed by Angela Merkel's associate Peter Altmaier (CDU), submitted a report to the German regulator, the Federal Grid Agency, which recorded the need for the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to meet Germany's energy needs. The Russian Federation has repeatedly stated that the Nord Stream project 2″, which is actively opposed by the United States, which promotes its liquefied natural gas in the EU, as well as Ukraine, which is afraid of losing transit — commercial, it is beneficial to Europe, and urged to stop mentioning it in the context of any politicization. Moscow has also stated that it intends to continue transiting gas through Ukraine.
