US senators submit bill on recovery of anti-N Stream 2 sanctions

WASHINGTON, May 21 (PRIME) -- A group of 14 Republican U.S. Senators submitted a bill to restore sanctions against companies building the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, Senator Kevin Cramer said in a statement on his website on Friday.

“At the risk of weakening America’s global standing, the Biden Administration is acquiescing to a misguided German strategy which will give (Russian President Vladimir) Putin a grip on our allies in Europe,” he said.

“The Putin Pipeline must be stopped, and I urge my colleagues to join this effort before the Administration makes the United States learn the hard way why energy security means national security,” he said.

On Thursday, U.S. State Secretary Antony Blinken said in a statement that suspending sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of Russia’s Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline project, is in line with the U.S.’ interests.

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