Lawmakers Ask Biden to Impose More Sanctions on Nord Stream 2
Two Republican lawmakers urged the Biden administration to increase sanctions against Nord Stream 2, the Russian gas pipeline, after reports that Russia is preparing to further invade Ukraine. Rep. Michael McCaul of Texas and Jim Risch of Idaho, the two…
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top Republicans on the House and Senate’s respective foreign affairs committees, applauded the administration’s increased Russian sanctions last week (see 2104150019) but said more should be done. “While yesterday’s sanctions on Russia are a positive half-step, they did not include the one U.S. action that would have an immediate impact -- sanctioning and stopping the Nord Stream 2 pipeline,” the lawmakers said April 16. They said the pipeline is a “key source of Russian malign influence” and called on the administration to “fully” implement sanctions against the project “without delay.” Several other lawmakers from both parties have asked the administration to increase sanctions against the pipeline (see 2102170013, 2103240014 and 2008110016). The White House didn’t comment.