Contents tagged with Nord Stream - 2
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US offers alternative to Nord Stream 2 pipeline
The United States can ensure delivery of energy resources at low prices. According to US Permanent Representative to NATO Kay Hutchison, such a solution could serve as an alternative for countries that are dependent on Russian gas.
"I want to emphasize that we are all very worried about Nord Stream 2. We should not be dependent on Russia because of energy needs. We hope, many of us hope, that the US will be able to offer diversified energy resources," Hutchison said.
According to Hutchinson, …
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Finland issues permission for construction of Nord Stream-2
The Regional Administrative Department of South Finland has issued permission for construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline in the exclusive economic zone of the country, Interfax reports.
Permission was issued for the laying of a new 374-kilometer pipeline in the exclusive economic zone, 20 meters from the previously laid Nord Stream 1 pipe.
Finland’s Ministry of Economy issued a permit for construction of the Nord Stream-2 on April 5.
Germany was the first country to issue a full …
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Denmark to permit Nord Stream 2 construction under guarantee of gas transit through Ukraine
Denmark has decided to give permission for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, but only if Russia guarantees to continue gas transit to Europe through Ukraine, Deutsche Welle reports.
"In this regard, the Ukrainian matter is crucial," Danish Prime Minister Lars Lokke Rasmussen said on Thursday, April 12, in Berlin after a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Rasmussen noted that the Danish government had not yet given its consent to the construction of a gas pipeline …
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Russia's Gazprom claims it doesn’t plan to stop gas transit through Ukraine
Alexey Miller, CEO of Gazprom, said that the company has never raised the issue of stopping gas transit through Ukraine, RIA Novosti reported.
According to him, Russia’s resource base is currently shifting “north”, so the central gas-transport corridor “won’t have the same level of resources.” Miller emphasized that the gas transit through Ukraine can remain at a rate of 10-15 billion m3 of gas per year, but Kyiv must justify “the economic feasibility of a new transit contract.”
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Merkel stresses importance of preserving gas transit through Ukraine
At a joint press conference with President Petro Poroshenko, While referring to the construction of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline, German Chancellor Angela Merkel noted that she considers it important to preserve the transit of gas through Ukraine.
"We spoke about this subject in detail, and, of course, I listened carefully to Ukraine’s concerns. Yesterday during a conversation with the Russian president, I said that it cannot be the case that Nord Stream 2 means Ukraine no longer has any …
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Putin and Merkel speak about Nord Stream 2
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel confirmed during a telephone conversation the positions of Russia and Germany regarding the implementation of Nord Stream 2, the press service of the Kremlin reports.
"The position of Russia and Germany on the implementation of a major, mutually beneficial project in the gas sector, Nord Stream 2" was confirmed.
The Kremlin also noted that Putin and Merkel stressed the necessity of continuing efforts to ensure the exchange …
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Poroshenko criticizes Nord Stream-2 prior to his visit to Germany
In an interview with the German publication Handelsblatt, just one day prior to his visit to Germany, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko called the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline a “political bribe”, and suggested drawing attention to the Ukrainian gas transportation system (GTS).
Germany is one of the countries most committed to the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. The pipeline, according to blueprints, will run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, and will …
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Ukrainian energy expert: only US can prevent construction of Nord Stream 2 pipleline
Ukraine’s call to the global community to not participate in the preparation, financing or lobbying of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will not affect the situation in any way. This opinion was expressed in commentary by Valentin Zemlyansky, an independent energy issues expert and former head of the Public Relations Department of NJSC Naftogaz Ukraine, on the website InfoResist.
"We [Ukraine] are not participants in the process. As such, we are not the subjects of …
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Ukraine calls Nord Stream 2 pipeline a military threat
Speaker of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine Andriy Parubiy stated that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline poses a military threat to Ukraine and Europe. According to him, the launch of the gas pipeline shows “Moscow’s aggressive intentions to exert pressure on the European Union.”
UNIAN news agency quotes him as saying that “The launch of Nord Stream 2 can also pose direct military threats that could trigger a new all-out attack of the Russian forces against Ukraine.”
Parubiy explained that the …
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Ukraine urges international community to prevent construction of Nord Stream 2
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine called on foreign parliaments, governments and the world business community not to participate in the preparation, financing or lobbying of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.
The resolution (No. 8111) regarding the Verkhovna Rada’s appeal to the international community regarding the inadmissibility of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and the monopoly of the Russian Federation in the world’s gas markets was supported by 266 people’ …