The administration of US President Joe Biden admits the imposition of sanctions on the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline against the Fortuna vessel and its owner, KBT-Rus. Bloomberg reports.
According to the American edition, the State Department believes that “Fortune” and “KBT-Rus” violate the current US sanctions. However, this vessel and company are already under the influence of US restrictive measures under other articles.
It is noted that the US State Department did not propose any new sanctions in its report to Congress on Nord Stream 2. The department did not call for measures to be taken against German or other European companies involved in the project.
On January 19, it was reported that the United States had imposed sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline under construction. They touched the Fortuna pipelayer, its owner – KBT-Rus – and the Rustanker company.
Currently, the construction of Nord Stream 2 has not been completed; a section of the gas pipeline is being laid in the territorial waters of Denmark. Work in the waters of the kingdom is scheduled to be completed in April 2021. In general, Gazprom expects that the gas pipeline will be completed by the end of this year.