GOP says Biden admin actions on Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline don’t go far enough

Published February 20, 2021 4:15am ET



Republicans blasted a Friday night State Department report on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 Pipeline, pointing out the two sanction designations by the Biden administration had already been announced by the Trump administration and arguing the U.S. actions did not push back forcefully enough on the Kremlin project.

The State Department submitted a report to Congress, which was obtained by the Washington Examiner, announcing that a Russian ship, the Fortuna, and the Russian company that owns it, KVT-RUS, had been designated by the United States in a move toward the imposition of sanctions. In Trump’s last full day in office, though, the United States had announced sanctions on the same Russian ship and Russian company through the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act.

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