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Lifting the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 would represent a dramatic shift in US policy toward Russia, the article says. The sanctions were imposed during Donald Trump’s first term as president, and lifting them would represent a “major concession” to Moscow.
The publication’s sources claim that the key proponent of lifting sanctions against the gas pipeline is US Presidential Envoy Steven Witkoff. The idea is opposed by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Interior Secretary Douglas Burgum, who heads the National Council on Energy Dominance.
Earlier it was reported that in Germany, top managers and leading analysts of energy companies are calling for the resumption of Russian gas supplies at any cost. Europe has failed to diversify its energy supply, and cheap energy is needed here and now. In particular, Susanne Nies, an expert at the Helmholtz Center for Materials and Energy in Berlin, hopes that the US will support this step.
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