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The United States is ratcheting up the threat of sanctions against European companies in an effort to deal a death blow to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.<\/em><\/p>\n

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U.S. “Driving Stake Through Heart” of German-Russian Pipeline<\/h3>\n

Soeren Kern | Gatestone Institute<\/a> | December 28, 2020<\/p>\n

The United States is ratcheting up the threat of sanctions against European companies in an effort to deal a death blow to the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline between Russia and Germany. The pipeline would double shipments of Russian natural gas to Germany by transporting the gas under the Baltic Sea. U.S. President Donald Trump, like his predecessor Barack Obama, has criticized the project because it would make Germany \u201ccaptive\u201d to Russia for its energy supplies.<\/p>\n

Trump has been especially critical of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who, in opposition to the United States and many Eastern European countries, has doggedly pursued the pipeline project, which would funnel billions of dollars to Russia at a time that Germany is free-riding<\/a> on the U.S. defense umbrella that protects Germany from that same Russia.<\/p>\n

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