Sanction threats made to pipeline companies last week by US Ambassador Richard Grenell mark “a turning point,”

Sanction threats made to pipeline companies last week by US Ambassador Richard Grenell mark “a turning point,” Mykhaylo Honchar, president of Kyiv’s Center for Globalization Strategy XXI, tells UNIAN. “Without their participation, neither Gazprom nor its European partners will be able to build a pipeline,” he said, noting that neither Russia nor China have the underwater pipeline laying technology. “Not many companies in the world do this. You do not need to hit on Gazprom. You need to hit on contractors. And this is a clear and correct action by the United States.”