Former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaol called the exclusion of sanctions against the Russian gas pipeline “Northern Stream-2” from the American defense budget of great success for official Moscow. His words sounded during the Echo of Moscow radio station.
“This is a victory [President of the Russian Federation Vladimir] Putin. By meaning that [US President Joe] Biden and his administration did not have a good choice on this subject. They like to say that American sanctions could brake this program, but 95 Percent has already been done, “McFall told.
Ex-Ambassador added that German-American relations – the main theme for Biden is likely to be in mind the possible reason for refusing sanctions.
The US defense budget for the upcoming fiscal year was presented on December 7 without sanctions against the Russian gas pipeline “Northern Stream-2”. In Washington, they did not initiate measures against the public debt of Russia, nor against Russian physicals suspected of violating human rights.