Attempts to revive Nord Stream 2

The shadow of the longtime ally

Matthias Warnig (1955), a longtime ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has imposed sanctions on the United States Presidential Administration and the UK (UK) authorities, seeks to support the US U.S. Nord Stream 2 refurbishment of the UK, the Financial Times (FT) said.

It is reported that Mr Warnig, a former secret service of the German Democratic Republic of Germany, the so -called Stasi (« Ministry Für Staatsicherheit »), who led the project development operator Nord Stream 2 hp until 2023

Mr Warnig is an old acquaintance of the Kremlin host.

Their acquaintance has been established at the Cold War sunset and these close relationships, which include not only politics and business, but also personal relationships, are probably not disappeared to this day.

According to the media, it is associated with Dresdner Bank Zao, Bank Rossia and Rusal (this US sanctions were introduced in 2018, ie president of the same Mr Trump).

And in the stormy 20th century. In the 1990s, the prospective Russian leader, after sending his two daughters, Mary and Catherine to Germany, their official caregiver was entrusted with Mr Warnig specifically.

Sabotage: 2022. In September, pipelines were damaged by the Baltic Sea bottom from Russia to Europe. / Photo by Scanpix

The project is politically buried

The intention to update the pipeline project Nord Stream 2 was published in the media, boiling hypothetical speeches about the theoretical termination of the Russian authorities against Ukraine and the restoration of Washington and Moscow's economic relations.

« It seems to me that Nord Stream is both physically hard to be struck and politically buried, it would be difficult to imagine someone in Europe could consider this type of bonding with Russia, » said Lithuanian Foreign Affairs (MFA) Minister Kęstutis Budrys.

According to the head of the Lithuanian diplomacy, it is difficult to imagine what arguments are now determined by someone to dip into the Baltic Sea dozens of billions and try to revive this direction, especially the future is the liquefied natural gas (LNG) transported by boats, and in the US leader in the US.

It is officially stated that the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were built in the Baltic Sea to supply natural gas from Russia to Europe, but many political experts do not rule out the assumption that these projects were implemented to make Germany and a large part of Europe politically and economically dependent on the Kremlin.

Gazprom partners in this project, as funding shareholders and future beneficiaries, were five European energy companies.

2022 In September, three out of four Nord Stream threads were severely damaged by a suspected sabotage attack.

Initiator: M. Warnig, the previous US presidential administration and the UK authorities, have imposed sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project. / Photo by Scanpix

There are great disagreements

2022 The then US President Joe Biden's administration, Mr Warnig, whose contacts with Putin were established during the Cold War (when both actors worked for secret services), Nord Stream 2 had imposed sanctions.

Any agreement on the revitalization of the project would be required for Washington to withdraw these sanctions and Germany approved the renewal of Russian gas flow to Europe, FT wrote.

An anonymous US official expressed skepticism for the prospects of such an agreement and warned that Berlin's involvement could « lead to great disagreements » with the European Union (EU), which supports sanctions on Russia.

Nord Stream is both physically hard to be struck and politically buried.

The Ministry of Foreign Minister K. Budrys says he does not see the possibility of renovating Russia and Germany, the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, and says the project was a major geopolitical mistake from the outset, which would not be considered in the current context of the European state.

This is how the Minister spoke to foreign media that the US, under the influence of Russian lobbyists, may be preparing for the renovation of the pipeline.

K. Budrys reminded that Lithuania, while the Nord Stream 2 project was developed, made efforts to distance itself from Russia's energy resources and encouraged the country to diversify the supply of gas to the EU.

“There was a lot of damage to the hope of hope for both half that the common trade can change the very nature of the Russian regime. We saw that it did not work, ”Budrys emphasized.

Kęstutis Budrys / Ž. Photo by Gedvila / BNS

A brief story of Nord Stream:

The Nord Stream 2, built in transit in the Baltic Sea through the territories of Denmark, Finland and Sweden, has never been connected to the distribution networks of these countries, and the gas pipeline has never been supplied.

2021 Following the completion of construction work in September, the pipeline was not opened and its activities were finally suspended in 2022. At the end of February, after Russia's invasion of Ukraine and sanctions imposed on aggressor.

The control package of the Nord Stream 2 is owned by the Russian gas Gazprom.

The German company Wintershall and Uniper, Austrian company OMV, French Engie and UK and the Netherlands company Royal Dutch Shell are also involved in the international consortium of companies.