The Senate is sitting on a new sanctions upgrade against Russia. Tucked away in a bill against Iran, this Russian amendment will take sanctions on Russian finance and energy firms worldwide. It particularly calls out the Nord Stream II pipeline, built by a joint venture which includes Gazprom, Wintershall of Germany and OMV of Austria.
How may Europe respond? Forbes Magazine spoke about the matter with Sijbren de Jong. The full article can be read here.
A Russian language version of the article appeared on inosmi.ru and can be read here.