“The US is losing influence over Europe and is frantically looking for a way to maintain dominance over the region’s politics and markets. For this, Washington has traditionally used the methods of trade wars, blackmail and threats. ” This was stated by Sergei Zheleznyak, a member of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, commenting on the statement by the head of the US Department of State Mike Pompeo of the United States that the United States is ready to impose new sanctions against companies participating in Nord Stream 2 and the Turkish Stream branch.
The parliamentarian stressed: “American LNG cannot withstand open competition with Russian energy suppliers in Europe. Washington is well aware of this. Obviously, the Europeans do not need such expensive gas. The construction of the Turkish Stream branch also greatly annoys the American side, which apparently believes that Ankara and other southern European countries should, for political reasons, to please the United States, abandon inexpensive Russian gas.
The United States is unable to disrupt Russian-European energy projects, no matter what new sanctions they announce, but economic sanctions have an impact on the completion date. ”
“The rude US pressure is forcing European countries to determine their own position in relation to national sovereignty. Without liberation from external influence on the internal affairs of Europe, countries will not be able to fully defend the interests of their citizens, including in matters of energy security, ”the politician said.