The State Department called on Europe to carefully implement the sanctions against Russia

"Many European countries have imposed sanctions on Russia because of his actions in Crimea in Ukraine. As the experts told me, all these sanctions are not fully implemented. This is an aspect where European countries can do more, "said Naurt at the meeting.

We would like our European allies to do more to help Ukraine. The US government takes a very strong position on its support … I do not want to say that the United States is bearing this burden, but it is mainly dealing with this problem alone.

Nauert also said that the European countries crossed by the Nord Stream 2 should again wonder if they need it, because this project "helps the Russian authorities".

Relations between the Russian Federation and Western countries have deteriorated due to the situation in Ukraine and around Crimea. The West, accusing Russia of intervening, imposed sanctions against him. In July 2014, the European Union and the United States moved from targeted sanctions against individuals and businesses to measures targeting entire sectors of the economy. Russia has repeatedly stated that she was not a party to the conflict in Ukraine and the Minsk Accords.

Nord Stream 2 is planning the construction of a gas pipeline with a capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year between the Russian coast and the Baltic Sea up to Germany. The United States opposes this project. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in this regard that the US leader, Donald Trump, defends the interests of US companies in the supply of LNG to Europe.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel, for her part, reiterated that Berlin viewed the North Stream-2 project as commercial, while linking its implementation to the preservation of the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine. The Russian side also repeatedly reiterated that the Nord Stream II project was totally commercial and competitive and indicated that it did not involve the end of the transit of Russian gas via Ukraine to the United States. ; EU.

The Nord Stream 2 project involves the construction of two gas pipeline lines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year, from the Russian coast to Germany via the Baltic Sea. A new pipeline is planned to be built next to the existing Nord Stream. The end of the works is scheduled for the end of 2019.

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