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The “Wall Street Journal” reported that Ukrainian “lobby” lobbies were involved in developing restrictive measures against the “Northern Torrent-2” project, which aims to extend a gas pipeline from Russia to Germany through the bottom of the Baltic Sea. .
According to the American newspaper, they speak of Vadim Glamazdin, advisor to the chairman of the board of directors of the Ukrainian company “Naftogaz”, and Alexander Kharchenko, director of the Center for Energy Research of Ukraine, who worked behind the scenes in Washington for four years , trying to intervene against the implementation of the Russian project.
The German government has repeatedly stated that US cross-border sanctions are illegal, noting that Berlin considers “Northern Torrent 2” an economic project, while insisting that Ukraine remains a transit country for transporting Russian natural gas to Europe.
In early June, the Republican Party submitted a bill to the US Senate on expanding sanctions for the Russian gas project, while US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo confirmed that his ministry would include the “Northern Torrent 2” and “Turkish Torrent” projects on the list of projects subject to law enforcement. Confronting America’s Enemies Through Sanctions, which was adopted by the United States in 2017 to punish countries that conclude major deals with Moscow to buy Russian weapons and military equipment.
On November 4, Bloomberg reported that representatives from both houses of Congress had reached an agreement that expanded US sanctions against “Northern Torrent 2” and could target companies cooperating with Russian ships working to complete construction of the pipeline. .
Currently the final phase of the pipeline for the “Northern Torrent-2” project is being executed, which includes the construction of two lines to transport Russian natural gas with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters per year, from the Russian coast, across the bottom of the Baltic Sea, to Germany.
The project has obtained all the necessary operating permits from the countries through whose territorial waters the gas pipeline passes.
Source: Novosti
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