🔴Trump Threatens Russia with More Sanctions over the Nord Stream pipeline irritating Germany Europe
Channel: GeoStar TV
Date: 2020-04-05

Trump Threatens Russia with More Sanctions over the Nord Stream pipeline irritating Germany/Europe

U.S. Senate and House committees have agreed to include a bill sanctioning Russia's new natural-gas pipeline to Europe into the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), putting up a potential roadblock to the project’s completion.

The House and Senate are expected to vote later this month on the NDAA, which often becomes a vehicle for a range of policy initiatives, as it's one of only a few pieces of major legislation that Congress approves each year.


The proposal attached to the bill that addresses Nord Stream 2 would impose US sanctions on any companies helping Russia lay the $11 billion pipeline.
Nord Stream 2 is a new export gas pipeline running from Russia to Europe across the Baltic Sea.
The route covers over 1,200 kilometers. The total capacity of two strings of Nord Stream 2 is 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
 The aggregated design capacity of Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 is, therefore, 110 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
This $10.5 billion project, which runs parallel to the existing Nord Stream pipeline, has been spearheaded by Gazprom and five European energy companies and is reportedly nearing completion.
 It's expected to double Russian gas shipments to the EU's biggest economy Germany. Germany is 
The biggest foreign buyer of Russian gas. In 2018, Germany set a new record for Russian gas purchases at 58.5 billion cubic meters. At present, Germany is Gazprom’s largest export market. Gazprom cooperates with German companies along the entire value chain, from gas production in Russia to gas deliveries to end consumers in Germany. The cooperation also covers sports, social, and cultural projects.

Russia and Germany are connected by extensive gas transmission routes: Yamal – Europe and Nord Stream.
The transnational Yamal – Europe gas pipeline traverses four countries, namely Russia, Belarus, Poland, and Germany. Its annual capacity is 32.9 billion cubic meters of gas. The Nord Stream gas pipeline is built across the Baltic Sea. The pipeline delivers Russian gas directly to Europe, bypassing transit countries. Its annual capacity is 55 billion cubic meters of gas. The Nord Stream 2 Pipeline will ensure safe and stable supplies of gas to Europe.
It’s unlikely that the Swiss-based contractor now working on Nord Stream 2, will defy the U.S. restrictions if it’s not done in time. Then, Gazprom will need to use the only pipe-laying vessel it owns, the Academician Chersky, to finish the job — a slow and iffy scenario, even if Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov says Nord Stream 2 won’t be halted. 
A straight path from Russia to the EU without going through Ukraine or the Baltic republics is a thorn in the eye for the USA and NATO.
Any gas flowing through there could be switched off by Brennan, Clapper, or some other neocons, to hold half of Europe hostage. How dare Europe to control their own fate. How dare they!
The sanctions on Russia have been a total failure from the start. Trump is a complete idiot to think that was ever a good idea.
Western Globalist financiers oppose Nord Stream. Trump is a minor actor with a bit role in this affair.  Trump does not command bipartisan support in Congress. Another entity has already purchased that.
The US is selling LNG to Europe at a higher price. Congress has simply embarrassed themselves once again. The Russkies are never going to cut off the gas as long as Germany pays, and Germany knows it.
Even during the cold war, the Russians always delivered. That's how reliable they are. 
Can't say the same about Americans that weaponize everything.
That's the design.  The US creating chaos and destabilizing countries.


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