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US opposes gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany,citing it would make europe less dependent on USA
| Like Poland, the United States opposes the Nord Stream 2 pipeline,” Tillerson said at a news conference with his counterpart. “We see it as undermining Europe’s overall energy security and stability and providing Russia yet another tool to politicize energy as a political tool over which the US has no control.”
The pipeline would be the second to carry Russian gas directly to Germany and Western Europe via the Baltic Sea instead of through Poland and Ukraine where..
| ...the US can control it.
Poland began importing liquid natural gas from the U.S. last year at subsidized prices
http://nationalpost.com/news/world/us-poland-oppose-gas-pipeline-linking-russia-to-germany
| Since when is being less dependent of usa such a horrible thing? One must realise that same landmass trade beats by orders of magnitude trades that involve an ocean in between.
Having more than one supplier for anything is always a good thing. The saying goes to not keep all your eggs in one basket only.
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| The United States and Poland on Saturday took a strong stand against a planned gas pipeline linking Russia to Germany, saying it is part of a Kremlin scheme to politicize energy and undermine attempts to make Europe less dependent on Moscow.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Polish Foreign Minister Jacek Czaputowicz, after meeting in Warsaw, denounced the pipeline, which would bypass Poland and leave Central Europe less vulnerable to US pressure