sanctions.

I have already written that the threat of US sanctions hangs over the Nord Stream 2 project like a shotgun on the wall. The new list of Russian officials covered by the restrictions is like taking a trigger. We do not know whether the US will pull the trigger, because they still count on the […]

– It should be assumed that the opponent is capable of an unconventional attack. The probability increases along with the number of alarming premises in the case of Russia and its interest in critical infrastructure in Europe – said in an interview with the portal BiznesAlert.pl dr hab. Tomasz Aleksandrowicz, a professor at the Higher […]

What goes on in Poland on the 22nd of March.

Heather Nauert, the spokesperson of the State Department said that the State Department has spent a lot of time speaking with US partners and allies overseas to explain to them the ramifications of CAATSA.

The call of US senators to block Nord Stream 2 does not mean that Washington will impose sanctions on this project, although it is possible. This is another signal that will convince allies in Europe to a harder attitude towards Gazprom and its projects, such as the controversial gas pipeline – writes Wojciech Jakóbik, editor-in-chief […]

The Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA) bill, passed by the U.S. Congress with full bi-partisan support, and enacted on August 2, 2017, sparked stormy reactions of some EU Member States- notably Germany and Austria-, brought hopes for those opponents of Nord Stream 2 pipeline who had expected for the project to be sanctioned […]

What goes on in Poland on the 27th of February.

In late November 2017 the Nord Stream 2 has been blamed by the U.S. Department of State for being Kremlin’s weapon of political blackmailing, which soon could be torpedoed by the U.S. sanctions against Russia[i]. The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is the new route for gas transit that Russian Gazprom and its European partners […]

Marek Menkiszak, head of the Russian team at the Center for Eastern Studies, describes Russia’s struggle with economic problems facing Western sanctions. How is the threat of new US restrictions affecting the Russians? Will it hurt the current Nord Stream 2 project?

The Americans did not decide to sanction the Nord Stream 2 project. This means that the European Union will remain the field for combating this project, and the fight will not necessarily result in the project being blocked. However, Poles can use the commitment of the USA and the Commission to implement their own plans […]