Russian Prime Minister Sergei Lavrov has struck a defiant tone, saying the Nord Stream 2 and Turk Stream gas pipeline projects will be launched despite U.S. sanctions.Quoted by the Interfax news agency on December 22, Lavrov said that Russia planned to respond to the new measures.U.S. President Donald Trump signed a bill on December 22 that included legislation imposing sanctions on firms laying pipe for Nord Stream 2, which seeks to double gas capacity along the northern Nord Stream pipeline route to Germany.More sanctions against Russia for its alleged interference in democratic processes abroad as well as its “malign” actions …read more
Source:: Voice of America
