Lawmakers Ask State Department for Update on Nord Stream 2 Sanctions
House lawmakers in both political parties wrote to ask the State Department to provide a briefing on the agency’s implementation of sanctions against Nord Stream 2 and further steps the U.S. can take to block work on the Russian gas pipeline (see 2101190018). The members specifically asked for an update on the State Department’s “assessment of possible sanctionable activity” by vessels working on the pipeline, which companies are complying with the 30-day wind-down period the U.S. offered on sanctionable activity, the status of talks with allies and any proposals offered to the Biden administration to persuade the U.S. to forgo the sanctions.
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“We stand at the ready to work with you to counter Russian malign influence, including by ensuring Nord Stream 2 is never completed as intended by the Congressionally mandated sanctions aimed at stopping the pipeline,” the Feb. 17 letter said. Reps. Michael McCaul, R-Texas; Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill.; Marcy Kaptur, D-Ohio; and Ruben Gallego, D-Ariz., signed the letter. It includes a list of ships that may be involved in sanctionable activity for the pipeline. The State Department didn’t comment.