“The US sanctions will delay the launch of the project, but will not stop its completion,”

“The US sanctions will delay the launch of the project, but will not stop its completion,” predicts Naz Masraff, Europe director at Eurasia Group. “Ultimately, Moscow, with the help of Berlin, will find ways to bypass the sanctions.” Looking ahead to the inauguration of Joe Biden next week at US president, she told the FT: “[US] sanctions will likely be used as leverage to co-operate with the German government on restrictions to make the pipeline operational while also paying attention to Washington’s concerns over Ukraine.”