“The Biden administration is expected to announce on Wednesday that it will allow sanctions to move forward on the company in charge of building Russia’s Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, after blocking such sanctions last year using a national security waiver,” CNN reports.
“Sanctioning Nord Stream 2’s parent company, Nord Stream 2 AG — a registered Swiss firm whose parent company is the Russian gas giant Gazprom — is effectively a death knell to the project.”
The Hill reports Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) has now lifted his hold on Biden’s State Department nominees now that the sanctions are moving forward.
