US sanctions threat fades as Senate committee waters down Nord Stream 2 bill

摘要

The Republican-controlled US Senate has watered down a bill designed to place sanctions on Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, leaving the legislation largely powerless to impact the project. The Senate foreign relations committee on Wednesday approved by a vote of 20-2 in favour of an amended version of the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act, but only after key provisions were removed.