Bild has learned about the possibility of transferring Nord Stream 2 to the United States for gas supplies to Germany

The Nord Stream 2 (SP-2) gas pipeline may be placed under U.S. control so that Germany can receive gas from Russia through it. This was reported by the Bild newspaper on March 20.

"Work is underway on a new gas deal: the United States could take control of the Russian Nord Stream 2 pipeline and thus supply Russian gas to Germany," the newspaper reports.

It is noted that in order to implement this option, anti-Russian sanctions should be lifted not only by the American side, but also by the European side. Currently, companies from Germany cannot conduct their business with Russia directly and are forced to do so through third countries.

Nevertheless, Simon Gerards, an expert on Russia from the German Economic Institute, believes that for the EU, the option of lifting sanctions would be "declaring bankruptcy, and unthinkable."

"The rapprochement between the United States and Russia and the possible gas deal around Nord Stream 2, first of all, will benefit that part of the German gas industry that will support the entire project," the newspaper quotes experts' forecasts.

"Cumulative damage from gas pipeline undermining runs into the billions in double digits"

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Earlier, on March 3, the official representative of the European Commission (EC), Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project was not a point of interest for EU states. According to her, it does not allow to diversify the energy sources of the association.