US President Joe Bayden will remove sanctions from a company related to “Northern Flow-2” – Nord Stream 2 AG. This reports Reuters with reference to the sources.
Washington will also remove the sanction from her head of Mattias Varniga. The appropriate announcement of the US State Department must be done on Wednesday, May 19.
According to sources, the report states that Varnig “is an ally of the Russian president Vladimir Putin” and participates in the activities for which sanctions are provided. However, their cancellation is also in the national interests of the United States.
The fact that the Biden administration plans to abandon sanctions against the North Stream-2 gas pipeline and its leaders, it became known on May 18. Axios edition wrote that at the same time the US foreign policy agency will call to introduce restrictions against several Russian courts.