Politicians consider the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which is supposed to connect Russia with Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, as a threat to gas transit. The length of the route is over 1200 km. The construction of the gas pipeline began in 2018. Since the end of 2019, the project and the companies participating in it are under US sanctionswhich have been expanded several times.
Construction was frozen in 2019 when 93% of the pipeline was completed, a year later, in December 2020, it was resumed.
The Nord Stream 2 AG gas pipeline operator in July 2021 noted that Nord Stream 2 is 99% complete… According to Bloomberg, laying of “Nord Stream – 2” can be completed by September 12.
The authorities of Ukraine, Poland, Hungary, Moldova, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia consider “Nord Stream 2” a threat to Europe’s energy security.
Joe Biden’s Administration opposed construction gas pipeline, but at the end of May Biden called “counterproductive” from the point of view of relations with Europe, the introduction of new sanctions against Nord Stream 2, since the gas pipeline is “practically finished.”
Germany and the United States reported on July 21 that signed an agreement on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline… Germany promised that it would apply national sanctions against Russia and call for effective EU measures if the Russian Federation will continue to use gas as an instrument of pressure on other countries or “will commit further aggressive actions against Ukraine.” According to the agreement, transit through Ukraine after the commissioning of the gas pipeline must be renewed for 10 years (the current transit contract ends in 2024).
Supreme Regional Court of Düsseldorf, Germany 25 August ordered the pipeline operator be independent from Gazprom and adhere to European legislation. General Director of the “Operator GTS of Ukraine” Serhiy Makogon said that this is “exactly what Ukraine insists on”.
The Kremlin believes that the problems associated with the decision of the German court, which did not exempt the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from fulfilling the rules of the European Union, are a corporate issue… Gazprom must independently make decisions on further actions in the current conditions, said Kremlin Speaker Dmitry Peskov.
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