Leveraging pipelines

Editor's note: The Europeans have a centuries long pathological hatred of Russia so this news concerning the US might "activate the Nord Stream pipelines" is going to send Europe into collective shock. Are the US and Russia making strategic moves to counter China's massive acceleration into all areas of technology, space, energy and manufacturing? There was credible evidence provided the British were partly behind the largest industrial act of terrorism up until that time sabotaging the Nord Stream pipelines. If the British were behind blowing up the pipelines take a step back and imagine how the British are going to react to this news of US investors planning on activating the Nord Stream gas pipelines?
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US may launch Nord Stream 2 – FT

The gas pipeline between Russia and Germany is reportedly seen as leverage in Ukraine peace talks

March 3, 2025 | By RT

US investors are backing a plan to activate Russia's Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, the Financial Times has reported, citing sources. The conduit between Russia and Germany, which was never put into operation, may now serve as leverage in the ongoing Ukraine peace talks, the publication has suggested.

The deal is being set up by Matthias Warnig, former executive director of the Swiss-based Nord Stream 2 operator, FT claimed on Sunday. Unnamed US investors are supporting the plan in a "once unthinkable move that shows the breadth of [US President] Donald Trump's rapprochement with Moscow," the outlet wrote.

During his first term in office, Trump was critical of Nord Stream 2, targeting it with sanctions. In an interview in October, he even boasted that his actions had "killed" the project.

READ MORE: US could buy Nord Stream – Vucic

Since the outset of his second term in office, however, Trump has initiated a notable shift in US-Russia relations, seeking closer political and economic ties with Moscow and signaling that Washington could "at some point" lift sanctions.

Warnig's plan involves US businessmen reaching out to the White House as part of back-channel efforts to broker peace in Ukraine, the FT wrote. Some in Trump's team reportedly see Nord Stream 2 as potential leverage in peace talks.

One US-led consortium of investors has reportedly drawn up the outlines of a post-sanctions deal with Nord Stream 2 owner Gazprom. The US investors would collect "money for nothing," claimed one senior US official.

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