Posted on 05/19/2021 5:04:01 AM PDT by gattaca
The Biden administration will waive sanctions on the corporation and CEO overseeing the Nordsteam 2 pipeline construction, a source familiar tells Fox Business.
But at the same time, the State Department is expected to send its 90-day report to Congress listing entities involved in the pipeline’s construction that deserve sanctions. The State Department will acknowledge that the corporate entity in charge of the project, Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO, the Putin crony and former East German intelligence officer Matthias Warnig, are engaged in sanctionable activity, according to Axios, which first reported the news.
The Nord Stream 2 deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin's regime will transfer Russian gas to Germany via a pipeline running under the Baltic Sea. If completed, this new pipeline would double the amount of natural gas Russia transports directly to Europe and hand an enormous geopolitical victory to Vladimir Putin.
In December, Congress passed legislation — the National Defense Authorization Act — that contained sanctions targeting companies and individuals involved in the Nord Stream 2 project.
Another source familiar with the issue tells Fox Business this conclusion had been hinted at weeks ago and that it signals the U.S. is not willing to sacrifice its close relationship with Germany over the pipeline. In February, Biden also froze former President Trump’s plan to withdraw American troops from Germany.
But on his first day in office, President Biden issued an executive order cancelling the Keystone XL pipeline at home in the U.S.
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damn trumps Russian collusion!
Hunter needs tens of millions of $$$ straight from Putin. Looks like he will get it, and positions on Gazprom, Lukoil and Rosneft.
Every day, it seems this POS does the wrong thing. Has he done anything right yet?
Both the head of NordStream and Merkle were Stasi. In a better world, they would have been marched into a forest and had bullets in the back of their heads in 1989-90.
Whoever paid for Biden is sure getting their moneys worth.
And Iran gets to build nuclear power plants.
Democrats are Putin’s real friends.
Sounds like Keystone just needs to hire Hunter as a “consultant” for $50k/month and this pipeline will probably get the official OKEY DOKEY. Of course, there needs to be 10% for the Big Guy.
My guess is this is the deal we made in exchange for Putin moving his troops off the Ukrainian border.
CCCP appears to stick together, hmmm
Who woulda thought??
It's that that want to ruin the rest of America in the process.
But then again, isn't destroying America on behalf of it's enemies, both foreign and domestic, what the Bidens are really being paid for?
Wrong way Biden administration strikes again.
At least 70,000 people in the USA losing their jobs because of Biden. Biden is employing many Russians.
Biden’s Motto: “Make Russia Great Again!” Putin is toasting Biden tonight in the Kremlin. In one move he sold out the Ukraine, Poland and rang the death knell of the EU. In the end it may well be a good thing for Europe. Russians know how to handle Islamic People—they have 1,000 years of experience with them. Like the foolishness of Napoleon the Third built much of Modern Europe, the idiot ideas of Biden’s Cabal may well end the power of leftist ideals. Somehow Karmic that Russia will be the one to end it.
What is Russia supposed to do, keep sending their goods along a road where they know for a fact a certain percentage is being stolen?
The Biden administration will waive sanctions on the corporation and CEO overseeing the Nordsteam 2 pipeline construction... The State Department will acknowledge that the corporate entity in charge of the project, Nord Stream 2 AG and its CEO, the Putin crony and former East German intelligence officer Matthias Warnig, are engaged in sanctionable activity, according to Axios, which first reported the news.
This is an example of Biden accidentally getting something 100% right (maybe he requires payola to actually do stuff right!).
ping!
Biden got nothing right more of his history Russia just got more control of country taking.
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