Oil

According to the political director of the German Foreign Ministry, the US decision on Nord Stream 2 was important, now decisions are needed that will allay the concerns about the project.

Moscow does not understand the statement by US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken about the need to "search for ways to mitigate the consequences" from the operation of Nord Stream 2.

Poland is very disappointed with the US abandonment of sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. This was stated by the Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki.

Ukraine wants to be present at the negotiating table between the United States and Germany on Nord Stream 2, Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk told Welt.

The United States may make attempts to prevent the certification of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline when construction is completed, but Moscow is ready for any development of events.

Russia hopes that the construction of Nord Stream 2 will be completed by the end of 2021, with about 100 kilometers left to be completed.

According to a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs Sergei Zheleznyak, US parliamentarians are promoting the interests of American fuel corporations as opposed to the Nord Stream 2 project.

A large majority (75%) of German citizens reject US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

Oil and gas condensate production in Russia decreased in January-May by 6.3% in annual terms to 212.22 million tons, according to CDU TEK.

This initiative was made by the candidate for Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany from the «greens».

Moscow and Islamabad have agreed to build the Pakistani Stream gas pipeline, as the Russian Energy Ministry said.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Maria Zakharova commented on London's call to impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2 and Yamal-Europe due to Moscow's alleged involvement in the Ryanair incident.

Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on the words of US President Joe Biden that sanctions against Nord Stream 2 are counterproductive at this stage.

Former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Pavel Klimkin called the US decision not to impose sanctions against Nord Stream 2 AG, which doubles gas supplies from Russia to Germany and the EU through the Baltic Sea, bypassing Ukraine, as a blow in the stomach.

The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called on the House of Representatives and the Senate of the US Congress to use all legal tools to irreversibly stop the construction of the gas pipeline within the framework of the Nord Stream 2 project.