Official says US threatens firms working with Nord Stream 2

MOSCOW, Dec 19 (PRIME) – The U.S. threatens the companies that want to cooperate with Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project with sanctions, spokeswoman for the Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Wednesday.

“Russia is ready for fair competition in both pipeline gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG). Not Moscow but Washington is the one who is twisting the arms of its clients and threatens the companies that implement the best options of gas supply to the consumers with sanctions… This is what is called direct political pressure.”

The Nord Stream-2 project envisages construction of two lines of a natural gas pipeline with an annual capacity of up to 55 billion cubic meters, running from the Russian shore to Germany under the Baltic Sea. Russian gas giant Gazprom will implement the project together with Germany’s E.ON and BASF, Royal Dutch Shell, Austria’s OMV, and France’s Engie.

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