in the US State Department threatened that to continue to introduce new sanctions against the Russian gas pipeline “Northern Stream-2”. This was stated by the head of the press service of the State Department of Ned Price, TASS reports.
According to price, new restrictive measures will be introduced on the basis of the law “On the Protection of Energy Security of Europe” (Protecting European Energy Security Act, Peesa) from 2019. “We will continue to follow the legislation on the implementation of the PEESA properly in relation to the organizations involved in the construction of the gas pipeline,” he said.
Earlier on Tuesday, November 23, the US Department of Finance introduced sanctions against Transadria and Marlin vessel related to the “Northern Stream-2”.
Restrictive measures have previously announced the US State Department. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said that Washington introduces sanctions against two ships and one company who participate in the implementation of the gas pipeline project, pointing to Transadria and Marlin. He did not specify the name of the second ship, but later it became known that Washington decided not to apply restrictions against the German ship associated with the gas pipeline.
in the Kremlin stressed that they consider new limitations of the United States for the “Northern Flow-2” illegal and incorrect. “Sanctions on the” Northern Flow “is a continuation of this sanction language, which does not want to refuse Washington in any way. The favorite language of Washington,” said the sands and stressed that restrictive measures are the wrong step against the background of the US attempts to develop a dialogue with Russia.