: :inin Kyiv (EET)

US ‘concedes defeat’ on gas pipeline it sees as Russian threat


The US has little leverage to prevent the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project between Russia and Germany from being completed, two administration officials said, acknowledging the failure of a years-long effort to head off what officials believe is a threat to European security.The massive $11bn project is just weeks away from completion and has led President Donald Trump to call Germany “a captive to Russia.” He has criticised the European Union for not doing more to diversify imports away from the nation that supplies more than a third of its gas.Senior US administration officials, who asked not to be …read more

Source:: Gulf times

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