Germany has confirmed that the possibility of launching Nord Stream-2 has been ruled out. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the German government are not even considering the possibility of putting the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into operation. This was stated by the German federal government ... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
The German unit of Nord Stream 2 may be liquidated. A German division of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline said Thursday that it is likely to be shut down after the German government suspended certification of the project last week in response to R... #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Nord Stream 2 pipeline files for bankruptcy after firing all its staff. Nord Stream 2 AG, the Swiss company that owns the new Baltic Sea pipeline to Russia, appears to be facing bankruptcy. The employment contracts of more than 140 employees have already been terminated.... #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Nord Stream 2 will be launched without certification might be possible. According to reports in the German newspaper, Handelsblatt, the gas pipeline may start operating without certification. This scenario was played out with German projects NEL and EGL 401. However, in t... #nordstream2 #NordStreamLaunch2 #RussianGasPipeline
The German Greens party’s opposition to the launch of Nord Stream-2. The co-chair of the German Green Party, Robert Habeck, spoke out against the rush to certify Nord Stream 2, saying “It was only possible if it complied with all European rules, not because of Kremlin ... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGas #RussianGasPipeline
The launch of Nord Stream-2 may be delayed until May 2022, reported Bloomberg. “If regulators want to use all the time allotted for the project, it can be approved no earlier than May 8, 2022”, the agency said. Earlier, Russian officials said that the Nord St... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Only permission from Germany is required to launch Nord Stream 2. Speaking during an interview with the BBC, the Russian Ambassador to Britain, Andrei Kell, said that the Nord Stream 2 project awaits permission from Germany to launch the project. Michael McCall, a s... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Ukraine, EU, US, and Germany should define “red lines” on “Nord Stream-2”, said the Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Olga Stefanishina. One example of such lines is the agreement between Russia and Hungary on gas supplies bypassing Ukrainian territory. Ukraine is monitoring... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Can Nord Stream-2 operations be impeded by sanctions? Despite the fact that Russia has announced the completion of the construction of Nord Stream-2, it can still be stopped by sanctions. This was the admission of Oksana Markarova, the Ambassador of Ukra... #Germany #nordstream2 #OksanaMarkarova #RussianGasPipeline
European Commission ready to discuss the format of consultations on Nord Stream 2 . Responding to a note verbale from the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs received on July 22, in which Kyiv requested consultations referring to Articles 274 and 338 of the EU-Ukraine Association... #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline #RussianGastoGermany
Opening of Nord Stream 2 blocked? The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is not exempt from EU rules requiring owners of pipelines to be different from the suppliers of the gas that flows in them to ensure fair competition, the Duesseldorf Hi... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
The Naftogaz CEO is confident Nord Stream 2 will not become operational for some time. Despite its technical readiness, the pipeline will not be able to operate commercially until certification procedures are met, Yuriy Vitrenko, Naftogaz of Ukraine’s CEO, believes. He is convinced that... #Naftogaz #NaftogazUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Construction of Nord Stream 2 should be completed on Monday, the day before Ukraine’s Independence Day , reports Deutsche Welle. The €9.5 billion Russia—Germany natural gas pipeline is designed to render Ukraine’s Soviet-era east-west gas pipeline redundant. Coupled with Nord Stream 1, the two Baltic s... #nordstream2 #NordStream2completion #RussiaGermanyPipeline #RussianGasPipeline
With Nord Stream 2 99% complete, Ukraine’s goal is to make sure that gas never flows through it, Yuriy Vitrenko, chairman of Naftogaz, told RFE/RL on Saturday. “The battle is lost, but the war isn’t,” he vowed. “And our ‘war’ against Nord Stream 2 continues.” Gazprom owns the pipeline and t... #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline #UkraineEnergy
“US-German gas deal is a disservice to Ukraine,” headlines an editorial in London’s Financial Times. “Russian threat to Europe’s security cannot be ‘parked’ to focus on China.” Editors at the business newspaper write: “Nord Stream has always been at... #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline #USgermandeal
Yesterday, Russia went on a charm offensive, talking up the new US-Germany accord that gives a flashing green light to Nord Stream 2. “Gazprom has always stressed its readiness to continue gas transit through Ukraine, including after 2024, based on economic feasibility,” Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said, TASS reported. “The matter of ... #Gazprom #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
In Berlin, Chancellor Angela Merkel told reporters that if Russia tried to use the pipeline as a weapon, “we are not without any tools to do something. ” However, The Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that Germany negotiators blocked “a U.S. request for a so-called kill-switch clause, enabling Berlin to suspend gas flows in the event of Russian ... #AngelaMerkel #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
The Wall Street Journal editorializes: “The deal with Germany is embarrassing in its weakness. In a joint U.S.-German statement on Wednesday, Berlin pledges to impose sanctions in the future ‘should Russia attempt to use energy as a weapon or commit further aggressive acts against Ukraine.’ We ... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Calling the Russia-Germany line, “the Molotov-Ribbentrop gas pipeline,” Ambrose Evans-Pritchard, international business editor of London’s Daily Telegraph, mocks Washington’s assertion that the US-Germany deal will not allow the Krem... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Timothy Ash, the London-based strategist for Bluebay Asset Management Company, asks: “Really does anyone believe that Germany will immediately suspend all gas delivery from Nord Stream 2 if Russia cuts flows thru Ukraine?” #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Germany and the US unveiled their compromise on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline yesterday, eliciting a wave of criticism from German Greens and US Republicans. Critics complained of a lack of language specifying when and how Germany would take the costly move of shutting down the pipeline t... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
U.S. Senator Jim Risch, a ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and sanctions legislation co-author, said this week’s agreement “was negotiated without the participation and consent of key allies like Ukraine and Poland, and does not guarantee a single concrete consequence if Russia uses Nord Stream 2 as the geopolitical weapon it is.” In response, the Undersecretary of Statem Victoria Nulandm told a Senate Foreign Re... #JimRisch #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Although the pipeline is 98% complete, a bipartisan group of Washington lawmakers told Politico that they are considering blocking must-pass appropriations legislation this fall if the Biden administration continues to withhold sanctions o... #Germany #nordstream2 #NordStream2completion #RussianGasPipeline
Germany and the US are finalizing an agreement which would allow Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to open this fall – under certain conditions, Bloomberg reports from Washington, citing U.S. officials. Conditions are to include: sanctions if Russia tries to use the pipeline as a weapon against Ukraine; Germany would lobby Russia to extend Gaz... #nordstream2 #NordStream2completion #RussianGasPipeline
In a setback for Russia’s gas pipelines to Germany, Europe’s top court yesterday ruled that Gazprom must cut in half its gas volumes through Nord Stream 1 to German’s OPAL pipeline. The pipeline which runs from the Baltic to the German-Czech border, Reuters reports from Brussels. Under the EU’s Third Energy Package, the other half of Nord Stream 1 must be allocated to other shipp... #Germany #NordStream #RussianGasforEU #RussianGasPipeline
Once Nord Stream 2 is complete, EU officials should limit its volume, relying on EU competition law that applies to the land extensions of Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, Prime Minister Shmygal told LRT media. “The fact that the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipe... #nordstream2 #NordStream2completion #RussianGasPipeline
“Putin will use weaponized pipeline to blackmail Europe, ” headlines an essay in the Atlantic Council by Inna Sovsun, a Rada member for the Holos party. “By undermining the country’s status as a key transit route to the EU, Moscow will succeed in dramatical... #EUgasCrisis #RussianGas #RussianGasPipeline
US and Germany are working to draw up a deal to shore up Ukraine’s energy sector to blunt the impact of Nord Stream 2 , Bloomberg reports from Berlin and Washington. Elements could include: building up a hydrogen production industry in Ukraine; requiring Russia to keep minimum gas flows across Ukraine through the 202... #Germany #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Sanctions can stop certification of Nord Stream 2 and sanctions can prevent companies from buying the gas , Yuriy Vitrenko, Naftogaz CEO, tells Interfax-Ukraine in an interview. “The United States can ensure that certification does not take place,” he said. “For this gas pipeline to work, much more is nee... #nordstream2 #NordStream2sanctions #RussianGasPipeline
The Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, has told a US Congressional committee Monday that Nord Stream 2 is a “fait accompli.” Referring to worries that this Ukraine bypass pipeline will free Russia to attack Ukraine, Blinken told the House Foreign Affairs Committee: “We have agreements in place, upfront, to come back on any ... #AnthonyBlinken #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
Ukraine’s Internal Affairs Minister Arsen Avakov predicted Saturday that after the launch of Nord Stream 2 Russia could sabotage the pipeline to justify stopping gas transit across Ukraine. Avakov told reporters: “We expect that there will be provocations, attempted terrorist attacks on our section of the gas pipeline. And then they will say: ‘Look, you see, that is why we transport it t... #ArsenAvakovUkraine #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
With a high-level German delegation meeting Biden Administration officials in Washington this week, the Senators told reporters in Kyiv that they will continue to try to block the Russia-Germany gas line. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, Democrat of New Hampshire, said the pipeline licensing process and the ... #Germany #JoeBiden #nordstream2 #RussianGasPipeline
