Borrell fears Russia will use Nord Stream 2 to put pressure on the EU – Gazeta.Ru
December 20, 2021, 02:08
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Russian Foreign Ministry / Reuters
EU High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy Josep Borrell said Russia is refusing to increase gas supplies to fulfill pressure on European countries. It is reported by RIA News”…
“Russia uses energy as a tool for political pressure (for example, in Moldova). – wrote Borrell.
According to him, this is how Russia wants to issue a license to Nord Stream 2.
Formerly Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov declaredthat the US threats to the participants in the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas are unfair competition.
Nord Stream 2 is two strings of a gas pipeline with a total capacity of 55 billion meters of gas per year from the Russian coast through the Baltic Sea to Germany – from the port of Ust-Luga in the Leningrad Region to Greifswald.
This project is actively opposed by the United States, which is promoting its liquefied natural gas in the European Union. In addition, the project has other adversary countries. According to Yuriy Vitrenko’s Naftogaz, Ukraine will lose about $ 2 billion a year if Nord Stream 2 is launched.