It's about the law signed by President Donald Trumpon August 2, 2017.It imposes additional sanctions on Iran, North Korea and Russia. This was reminded on March 20 by US State Departmentspokeswoman Heather Nauert.The document limits the cooperation of American citizens and companies with the energy sector of the Russian Federation. European companies that deal with Russian gas pipelines are also subject to sanctions.
- Due to pro-Russian lobbyists in Europe, German regulators complete procedures for granting permission for the construction of the Nord Stream-2, - said the President of the Centre "Strategy XXI"Mykhailo Gonchar. - By the end of the month, the federal agency for shipping and cartography should issue a final permit. That's why the Americans were upset. The trigger mechanism was thepoisoning of the former agent of theRussian Main Intelligence Agency, Sergei Skrypal, in the British Isles. Itreformats the attitude of the West to the Russian Federation as a whole and to the projects it proposes in particular.
These sanctions stimulate the revision of Germany's position. This is a verbal conflict, a quarrel between Berlin and Washington. The US are able to find strong arguments to persuade Berlin to postpone the implementation of this project for indefinite time. It is possible that in Germany there were powerful Russian corruption actions. Perhaps this was done through Gerhard Schroeder (former Chancellor of Germany, a member of the board of the Russian company Gazprom - ed). If some facts are available to the public, it may threaten with a colossal corruption scandal in Berlin. I think Germany will soft pedal construction of the pipeline. It will not refuse Moscow but will postpone the idea to a long box.
