The media learned of Biden’s plans for Nord Stream 2

Biden was one of the first top US officials to condemn the construction of a Russian gas pipeline, the newspaper recalls.

Joe Biden, who has declared himself the newly elected president of the United States, wants to stop the Russian Nord Stream-2 project forever, writes the German edition of Bild on Monday, November 16.

“Joe Biden will re-tighten the reins in the coming months to stop the prestigious Kremlin project,” the article says.

The publication recalls that the United States Senate has already agreed to the most severe sanctions against active supporters of the project. These sanctions will be implemented in January by the winner of the presidential race.

According to Bild, European gas experts believe that the new US sanctions “not only delay the construction of Nord Stream 2, but could put an end to it permanently under Joe Biden”, despite the fact that 95% of the pipes are already have placed.

It is noted that Biden, in 2016, was the first high-ranking American official to condemn the Russian project, and his opponents are also Republicans and Democrats.

“President-elect Biden has long held the view that this project is an act of self-harm to the security and resistance of the entire NATO alliance,” said former NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen.

Energy law expert Alan Riley believes that the sanctions are just one part of the new US president’s strategy to suspend the pipeline. According to him, Biden “unlike Donald Trump, is able to develop a strategy to get German support for the blockade of Nord Stream 2.”

Biden can offer Germany a “comprehensive package of security measures for green energy”, which “eliminates the need to use gas from Russia and replaces it with renewable resources,” the expert is sure.

Authoritative publication Bloomberg previously wrote about the ruin of Nord Stream 2 after the introduction of new US sanctions.

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