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Pompeo to Europe: Don’t do business with ‘unsafe’ Russia (Full show)

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is touring Europe to promote energy diversification and infrastructure and to sow opposition to the looming Nord Stream 2 pipeline. In a recent speech in Greece, Sec. Pompeo inaccurately characterized Russian natural gas as unsafe … Read More >Pompeo to Europe: Don’t do business with ‘unsafe’ Russia (Full show)

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Fear of US sanctions spooks insurers into refusing to cover construction of troubled Nord Steam 2

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A large group of shipping insurers will refuse to insure vessels participating in the construction of Nord Stream 2, as companies worry that providing services for builders puts them at risk of violating US sanctions. … Read More >Fear of US sanctions spooks insurers into refusing to cover construction of troubled Nord Steam 2

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Washington using Navalny situation as excuse to block Russian-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Russian intelligence chief says

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The US is working hard to keep the spotlight on the case of Alexey Navalny as a way to help block construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, according to Sergey Naryshkin, head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (the SVR). … Read More >Washington using Navalny situation as excuse to block Russian-German Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, Russian intelligence chief says

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US aims for gas domination in Europe, Ukrainian MP says. Nord Stream 2 is 1st target, then existing European pipeline system

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If the US succeeds in destroying the Russian-German Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, Washington’s next target will be the Ukrainian Gas Transmission System. That’s according to Yury Zagorodny, an opposition MP in Kiev’s parliament. … Read More >US aims for gas domination in Europe, Ukrainian MP says. Nord Stream 2 is 1st target, then existing European pipeline system

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‘No evidence’: EU Parliament using Navalny’s alleged poisoning to push for sanctions & halt Nord Stream project – German MEP

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The EU Parliament’s call for a probe into the alleged poisoning of Russian opposition figure Alexey Navalny, along with new sanctions against Moscow, is just a manifestation of the establishment’s “anti-Russian sentiment.” … Read More >‘No evidence’: EU Parliament using Navalny’s alleged poisoning to push for sanctions & halt Nord Stream project – German MEP

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Germany offers US billion-euro LNG investment deal to lift sanctions from Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – report

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Berlin has offered to invest €1 billion in US liquefied natural gas (LNG) if Washington lifts sanctions against the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project, newspaper Die Zeit reported on Wednesday. … Read More >Germany offers US billion-euro LNG investment deal to lift sanctions from Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline – report