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US aims for gas domination in Europe, Ukrainian MP says. Nord Stream 2 is 1st target, then existing European pipeline system

Posted on September 19, 2020 by foccusser 2 comments

Warning! Contains propaganda from United Russia party of Ukraine If the US succeeds in destroying the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, Washington’s next target will be the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System. That’s according to Yury Zagorodny, an opposition MP in Kiev’s parliament. Zagorodny believes that the United States is trying to win the European gas market by ousting its

Navalny Case Should Not Be Linked To Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, Kremlin Says

Posted on September 17, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 5 comments

Workers are seen at a construction site of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline

Austria, Ukraine have different views on Nord Stream 2 construction – Kurz

Posted on September 15, 2020 by foccusser 3 comments

Austria’s Chancellor says friends should openly discuss different topics. Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz says his country and Ukraine have different views on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. He made this announcement at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Vienna. The event was broadcast live on the Facebook page of the President’s

6 ways Germany could kill the Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Posted on September 14, 2020 by foccusser 5 comments

Germany has multiple options if it decides to try and halt the project, but they carry costs Germany has long argued that the 1,230-kilometer pipeline that is supposed to send an extra 55 billion cubic meters of Russian gas a year under the Baltic Sea is a commercial venture, not a political one. That position is increasingly under strain in

Merkel decides to no longer defend Nord Stream 2

Posted on September 8, 2020 by foccusser 8 comments

The poisoning of Alexei Navalny, who, according to Germany, was poisoned by a Soviet-era nerve agent Novichok, seems to put an end to the North Stream-2 gas pipeline, which cost 10 billion euros and was stopped by U.S. sanctions. German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who for years defended the pipeline from attacks by the United States and Eastern European countries, abandoned

German Uniper admits failure of Nord Stream 2

Posted on August 11, 2020 by foccusser 2 comments

Construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, halted by U.S. sanctions, may no longer resume, and investments in the 10-billion-euro project may have to be completely written off, according to the IFRS report for the first half of 2020 by the German concern Uniper – one of the five European partners of Gazprom, which financed half of the cost of

U.S. House Approves More Sanctions Related To Nord Stream 2

Posted on July 21, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 3 comments

Russia’s Akademic Chersky pipe-laying vessel is seen in Germany’s Mukran Port on May 30.

U.S. Threatens New Sanctions Over Russia-Germany Pipeline

Posted on July 15, 2020 by foccusser 6 comments

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Wednesday threatened new sanctions to stop the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline that Russia is building to Germany. “Our expectation is that those who participate in the continued project will be subject to review for potential consequences,” Pompeo told a news conference. President Donald Trump last year signed legislation from Congress that targets contractors

“Attack on the European economy.” Kremlin-based Schroeder scares EU after sanctions against Nord Stream 2

Posted on July 1, 2020 by foccusser 8 comments

Upcoming US sanctions against the construction of the North Stream-2 will affect more than 120 European companies. This was stated by the ex-chancellor of Germany, chairman of the board of directors of Rosneft Gerhard Schroeder , reports Kommersant . According to Schroeder, this ” is nothing but a deliberate termination of the transatlantic partnership.” “More than 120 companies in the field of shipbuilding, engineering, environmental protection and safety,

Bill expanding sanctions against Nord Stream 2 filed in U.S. House of Representatives – Naftogaz

Posted on June 26, 2020 by RedSquareMaidan 11 comments

19:57, 26 June 2020 – UNIAN This new legislation follows last year’s successful passage of PEESA in the annual U.S. defense budget bill. U.S. House Representatives Adam Kinzinger (R-IL), Denny Heck (D-WA), Mike Turner (R-OH), and Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) on June 25 filed a bipartisan House companion bill of the U.S. Senate’s Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Clarification Act. “[The document]

German Bundestag insists on abandoning Nord Stream 2 due to murder in Berlin

Posted on June 20, 2020 by foccusser 8 comments

The deputy head of the FDP faction Alexander Lamsdorf believes that the reaction of Berlin to the murder of Khangoshvili should be the same as the reaction of the UK to an attempt to poison the Skripals The German Free Democratic Party (FDP) insists on Chancellor Angela Merkel’s refusal to launch the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline with Russia in

Gazprom takes Germany to court over Nord Stream 2 decision

Posted on June 17, 2020 by foccusser 4 comments

Nord Stream 2 AG has appealed to the Supreme Regional Court of Dusseldorf against the decision of the German Federal Network Agency, which refused to exempt the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline from the EU Third Energy Package. The Swiss company, 100% owned by Russian gas giant Gazprom, considers the decision of the German regulator “discriminatory” and contrary to the “constitutional

A BAD DAY IN COURT FOR NS2

Posted on May 27, 2020 by foccusser 3 comments

Litigation, Disinformation, and Russia’s Energy Weapon Nord Stream 2 is in battle mode. The Russian-German gas project appears to be applying every possible legal argument and procedure to ensure the Baltic Sea pipeline will operate on its terms, i.e. unfettered by European Union law. In the German courts, it is challenging the German energy regulator, the BNetzA, which denied it

US still determined to block Putin’s pet pipeline project

Posted on May 21, 2020 by foccusser 3 comments

Author : Diane Francis Source : Atlantic Council With the US refusing to soften its stance on Nord Stream 2, Putin’s pipeline ploy to gain added energy leverage over Europe looks to be in tatters. Meanwhile, the Russian economy is crashing under the combined weight of the COVID19 pandemic, collapsed global energy prices, and sanctions imposed for the war in

Russia pushes to complete Nord Stream 2 challenging US sanctions

Posted on May 19, 2020 by foccusser 2 comments

Article by: Margarita Assenova While the United States struggles with the coronavirus pandemic, Russia has deployed two pipe-laying vessels to the Baltic Sea in a suspected attempt to complete the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. On May 12, Russian pipe layer Akademik Cherskiy arrived at the German port of Mukran, on Rügen Island, where the Nord Stream 2 logistics hub is

Ukraine in talks with U.S. on how to ultimately “bury” Russia’s Nord Stream 2 – Naftogaz CEO

Posted on March 4, 2020 by foccusser 5 comments

Russians will try to create their own technical capacities to finish the pipeline, Kobolyev says. Naftogaz CEO Andriy Kobolyev has said Ukraine is in talks with the United States and other partners on how to finally “bury” Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline if sanctions fail to bring its construction to a halt. “The game is not over yet. Russians

Gazprom names date for launch of Nord Stream 2

Posted on February 12, 2020 by foccusser 13 comments

According to a company presentation made for Investor Day, Gazprom’s Nord Stream 2 will supposedly be launched by the end of 2020. A similar time frame for the completion of the gas pipeline was mentioned in January by Russian President Vladimir Putin, who said that Nord Stream 2 would be operational by the end of 2020 or the start of

U.S. to slap new sanctions against Russia’s Nord Stream 2 – German media

Posted on February 4, 2020 by foccusser 3 comments

They are expected in February or March 2020. The U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate are ready to adopt a new bill on sanctions against Nord Stream 2 if Russia completes kilometers of the pipeline. The sanctions will concern European investors participating in the Russian project and companies that will buy gas through the pipeline, Germany’s leading business

Russia can complete Nord Stream 2 with its own ships, but no sooner than 2024

Posted on December 25, 2019 by foccusser 14 comments

After the U.S. imposed sanctions against companies building the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russia was left without capacities to complete the underwater pipeline that was going to be launched in 2020. Russian shipbuilders can construct pipe-laying ships that would complete the pipeline, but it would take from four to six years, according to Alexei Rakhmanov, president of Russia’s United Shipbuilding

Russia threatened to respond to US sanctions against North Stream-2

Posted on December 22, 2019 by foccusser 10 comments

Moscow promises to respond to sanctions at no cost to itself The Russian Foreign Minister has promised that Moscow will respond to Washington’s sanctions against the North Stream-2 and Turkish Stream pipelines. This is reported by the media. According to Lavrov, Russia will respond to the sanctions of the United States, but so as not to inflict damage. “We will respond

EU condemns U.S. sanctions against Nord Stream 2

Posted on December 22, 2019 by foccusser 4 comments

European Commission is currently analyzing the possible impact of U.S. sanctions on the European Union The EU, along with Germany, condemned US sanctions against companies laying the Russian Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. It is reported by RFI. “The EU is opposed to the imposition of sanctions against EU companies conducting legitimate business,” said a spokesman for the European

Reuters: Nord Stream 2 to press on with Europe gas pipe, despite U.S. sanctions

Posted on December 21, 2019 by foccusser 9 comments

Nord Stream 2, which will run along the Baltic Sea floor, will enable Russia to bypass Ukraine and Poland to deliver gas. The group behind Nord Stream 2 said on Saturday it aimed to complete a pipeline to boost Russian gas supplies to Europe as soon as possible, after a major contractor suspended pipe-laying activities due to U.S. sanctions. A

Trump Signs NDAA Into Law, Triggering Sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline

Posted on December 21, 2019 by RedSquareMaidan 6 comments

Trump has signed legislation that will impose sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline, but some analysts question whether it is too late to stop the project.

Russia readiness to sign transit contract could be connected with imminent Nord Stream 2 sanctions – Naftogaz CEO

Posted on December 20, 2019 by foccusser 4 comments

Russia’s willingness to sign a long-term transit contract with Ukraine under European rules is largely related to the upcoming U.S. sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, CEO of NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy Andriy Kobolev has said. “Our counterparties have very serious concerns about the imposition of U.S. sanctions. I definitely know that lobbyists from Gazprom in the U.S. Senate

Nord Stream 2 Completion Rescheduled

Posted on December 15, 2019 by foccusser 2 comments

The project was claimed to be completed by the end of this year, but works stumbled several months when the Danish Energy Agency has held over the decision on construction works in its territorial waters A Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline operating company, Gazprom-controlled Nord Stream 2 AG plans to finish construction of the pipe in spring, 2020, the Ukrainian online service

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