Germany has suspended the certification process for the Nord Stream 2 pipeline following Russia’s move Monday into Ukrainian territories, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced.
“With regard to the latest developments, we need to reassess the situation also with regard to Nord Stream 2. It sounds very technocratic, but it is the necessary administrative step in order to stop certification of the pipeline,” Scholz said in Berlin on Tuesday.
The pipeline, which is 750 miles and goes from Russia to Germany, was completed in September but had not yet received final certification.
A day earlier, Russian President Vladimir Putin recognized two occupied regions — the Luhansk People’s Republic, or LPR, and the Donetsk People’s Republic, or DPR — as independent in Ukraine, marking a significant development in the conflict.
Following the decision, the Russian leader ordered a “peacekeeping operation” in those regions, which the U.S. doesn’t consider a “new step,” a senior administration official told reporters because Russian troops have been there since 2014.
President Joe Biden issued an executive order in response that prevents new investments in the regions, stopped the importation and exportation of goods into the U.S., directly or indirectly, and it also provides the authority to impose sanctions on specific individuals, according to a White House fact sheet.
These sanctions are not the same as the ones that the administration has previously threatened if Russia invades Ukraine.
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Ooh, Joe really is going to hit Putin where it hurts! I thought he said during the campaign that Trump was a Russian stooge and that Biden would be the one to stand up to Vlad. Let’s see, under his former boss Ukraine lost Crimea and now it looks like Putin is going to take two eastern provinces of Ukraine.
After Obama spent Billions installing a CIA puppet in Ukraine during the 2014 Maidan Ukraine has been shelling those Russian speaking provinces. The People want to belong to Russia as did the people in Crimea. After Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria Russia seems the best bet.
Do some homework and look what the CIA sponsored Govt in Ukraine has done to those provinces. The Russians should of moved in during the CIA 2014 Coup. The western leaders signed treaties saying no more NATO expansion years ago, once again i say , do your homework.
Just how much oil has the USA been importing from Russia lately? No more imports? Now the fire at the Marathon refinery. Gasoline and diesel prices?
If the Blue Book value of your pickup varies with the amount of fuel in it’s tank, you just might be … an American.
After Obama spent Billions installing a CIA puppet in Ukraine during the 2014 Maidan Ukraine has been shelling those Russian speaking provinces. The People want to belong to Russia as did the people in Crimea. After Afghanistan, Libya, Iraq and Syria Russia seems the best bet.
Do some homework and look what the CIA sponsored Govt in Ukraine has done to those provinces. The Russians should of moved in during the CIA 2014 Coup. The western leaders signed treaties saying no more NATO expansion years ago, once again i say , do your homework.