Biden will waive sanctions against Nord Stream 2 operator - Axios

Due to the unwillingness to spoil relations with Germany, the US authorities will waive sanctions against the operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Axios reports , citing sources.

According to sources, the Biden administration came to the conclusion that the only way to stop the construction of Nord Stream 2, which is already 95% completed, is to impose sanctions on German gas recipients, but to break off relations with Germany because of the Biden pipeline. not ready.

The State Department should soon submit its report to the US Congress listing the companies involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2 and against which, in the opinion of the department, sanctions should be imposed. Axios sources say that several Russian vessels should fall under the sanctions, but the State Department will exclude the operator of the Nord Stream 2 AG project and CEO of the company Matthias Warnig from the sanctions list, citing US national interests.

• Such a decision creates an absurd situation in which ships involved in the construction of Nord Stream 2 will fall under US sanctions, while the company itself at the head of the project will not, writes Axios.
• It also goes against the promises of US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken at the January congressional hearings. The future head of the State Department then said that he intended to do everything possible to prevent the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2.

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Back in March, the Biden administration explicitly urged all involved companies to drop the project. The American media then wrote about new sanctions, the German ones about an exotic scheme for saving the gas pipeline. More details - here .