Scoop: Biden to waive sanctions on company in charge of Nord Stream 2

[surada]

Just change Biden to Trump in this story and the knuckle-draggers would be screaming that he's Putin's puppet, etc.

The left, so stupid, so dangerous for America.

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The Biden administration will waive sanctions on the corporate entity and CEO overseeing the construction of Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany, according to two sources briefed on the decision.​

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Why it matters: The decision indicates the Biden administration is not willing to compromise its relationship with Germany over this pipeline, and it underscores the difficulties President Biden faces in matching actions to rhetoric on a tougher approach to Russia.​

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Driving the news: The State Department will imminently send its mandatory 90-day report to Congress listing entities involved in Nord Stream 2 that deserve sanctions. Sources familiar with the drafting of the report tell Axios the State Department plans to call for sanctions against a handful of Russian ships.​

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• The State Department will also acknowledge that the corporate entity in charge of the project (Nord Stream 2 AG) and its CEO (Putin crony and former East German intelligence officer Matthias Warnig) are engaged in sanctionable activities.
• However, the State Department will waive the applications of those sanctions, citing U.S. national interests.
• This planned move seems at odds with Secretary of State Antony Blinken's statement, made during his confirmation hearing: "I am determined to do whatever we can to prevent that completion" of Nord Stream 2.

Between the lines: This planned move also sets up a bizarre situation in which the Biden administration will be sanctioning ships involved in the building of Nord Stream 2 but refusing to sanction the actual company in charge of the project.​

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• Sources close to the situation say that top Biden officials have determined that the only way to potentially stop the project — which is 95% complete — is to sanction the German end users of the gas.
• And the Biden administration is not willing to rupture its relationship with Germany over Nord Stream 2.

The big picture: As Axios has previously reported, the completion of Nord Stream 2 would be a huge geopolitical win for Putin and give him substantial new leverage in Europe.​

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Biden to waive sanctions on Putin crony in charge of Nord Stream 2 pipeline

Biden isn't willing to compromise the relationship with Germany over this pipeline.

www.axios.com

So Biden shuts down our petroleum and energy sectors while Russia and China build theirs and we send money we don't have to maintain the farsical Paris Climate accords. Am I the only one that sees the lunacy of all of this?

 

[surada]

Doc7505

"Am I the only one that sees the lunacy of all of this?"

Yeah probably.. You don't know anything about Nordstream 2 or Keystone XL.

 

[excalibur]

Doc7505


Yeah probably.. You don't know anything about Nordstream 2 or Keystone XL.

Stop kissing Biden's ass. Biden has been played repeatedly by Putin in 4-months.

 

[jbrownson0831]

Am I the only one that sees the lunacy of all of this?

NOPE, you are securely in that 10-15% trump cult that sees EXACTLY what trump tells you to see.

Well just what do you see Stevie Wincowonder???

 

[Concerned American]

Am I the only one that sees the lunacy of all of this?

NOPE, you are securely in that 10-15% trump cult that sees EXACTLY what trump tells you to see.

Well just what do you see Stevie Wincowonder???

He never comes out of the grocery store--he doesn't know anything.

 

[marvin martian]

Doc7505


Yeah probably.. You don't know anything about Nordstream 2 or Keystone XL.

Stop kissing Biden's ass. Biden has been played repeatedly by Putin in 4-months.

Biden is just the help. Putin and Xi are in charge.

 

[Concerned American]

Keystone doesn't provide the US with oil either,

C'mon Dude.
I've stated that. It is Canadian Tar Sand Oil. Pipe to Houston. Potentially.

Point is, you (or someone) complained about Biden shutting down the KeystoneXL, which is true, because you were concerned about Oil Production. When in reality, the KeystoneXL has not been completed and was pumping ZERO oil.

And China Joe just ensured that it never will while promoting Russian control over European energy. You're a commie fuck--just admit it.

 

[excalibur]

Point is, you (or someone) complained about Biden shutting down the KeystoneXL, which is true, because you were concerned about Oil Production. When in reality, the KeystoneXL has not been completed and was pumping ZERO oil.

Oil is being pumped from the Canadian fields that were to be connected to the northern portion of Keystone XL. That oil is being shipped, via rail and ship.

 

[surada]

Doc7505


Yeah probably.. You don't know anything about Nordstream 2 or Keystone XL.

Stop kissing Biden's ass. Biden has been played repeatedly by Putin in 4-months.

Biden is just the help. Putin and Xi are in charge.

I can't believe that you are still so ignorant about Nordstream 2. This isn't about Putin.. Its about doing the right thing towards our allies.

 

[surada]

Keystone doesn't provide the US with oil either,

C'mon Dude.
I've stated that. It is Canadian Tar Sand Oil. Pipe to Houston. Potentially.

Point is, you (or someone) complained about Biden shutting down the KeystoneXL, which is true, because you were concerned about Oil Production. When in reality, the KeystoneXL has not been completed and was pumping ZERO oil.

And China Joe just ensured that it never will while promoting Russian control over European energy. You're a commie fuck--just admit it.

YOU are an idiot.