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USA capable Fully the last moment to stop the Nord Stream 2 project, which is in the final stages of construction and will be open closer to mid-September, reports The New York Times. This will depend on the outcome of Joe Biden's meeting with Vladimir Zelensky, who will arrive in the United States on September 1.
“It should be a good meeting, but in the year there will be a” big elephant “room – Nord Stream 2, – emphasizes the author of the article. It is noted that if Zelensky asks Biden to disrupt the operation of the pipeline, then the United States may take such a step. This is due to the fact that there may not be another chance – only a few kilometers of pipeline remain to be completed.
Ukraine will lose billions of dollars if Nord Stream 2 starts operating. “The complete shutdown of the pipeline will only require the Biden administration to change its recent rejection of additional sanctions to Nord Stream 2,” the article said.
At the same time, the author of the article completely ignores the decline in confidence in the United States after such a step, because Biden concluded an agreement with Merkel in the summer and undertook not to interfere in the completion of the pipeline. Washington and Berlin also envisaged the possibility of sanctions if Moscow used Nord Stream 2 as a “weapon” against Ukraine.