... wide-range of sanctions as a response to the events in Ukraine, supposed election interference and other issues of the U.S.-Russia rivalry agenda. However, executive authorities have not yet implemented sec.235 against Russian pipeline projects, where Nord Stream 2 (NS2) is of paramount importance. One of the reasons could be a concern with the position of Berlin, which has repeatedly manifested its discontent with any U.S. interference in the NS2.
Ivan Timofeev:
Europe Under Fire from US Secondary ...
... in improving our relations.
What about big energy projects, like Turkish Stream? Where will it go from Turkey?
Well, it will go either to Bulgaria or Greece. Or both, provided the route is cleared by the European Commission. The difference between Nord Stream 2 and Turk Stream is that Nord Stream is a pipeline connecting one country to another country, it doesn’t need a further network of distribution, because it’s already there.
With Turkish Stream you need further pipelines…
Precisely....
Who Will Benefit from the Construction of the Pipeline, and Who Will Not
News about the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline can be heard almost every day, like reports from the front lines. In reality, the project is one of the primary areas in Russia’s fight against the United States. Washington has been critical of major Russian infrastructure ...
... 73rd anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau (which takes place this year and is associated with the topic of Jews and Israel), Poland (which reflects on the former and defines the near future of Europe and its business doings related to Nord Stream 2 project), and Russia (which relates to all the mentioned points and defines the future performance of the mentioned actors).
It is fair to say that despite of fierce attempts to
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Donald Trump as ‘anti-Semite’ during his electoral ...
... February 2014. Since then, relations between Russia and the West have been plagued by mutual mistrust. Russia introduced agricultural countersanctions in the summer of 2014, leading to tens of billions of euros' worth of losses for European food producers.
Nord Stream 2 Prospects
Touching on the subject of Nord Stream 2, a planned gas pipeline project stretching from Russia to Germany via the Baltic Sea, Chizhov explained that the initiative has good prospects, since it has a strong economic rationale as ...
