US Senators Call For Tougher Sanctions On Nord Stream 2

U.S. Senators are set to announce this week a bill to expand sanctions on the Russia-led natural gas pipeline project Nord Stream 2, Senate aides told Reuters, which has seen a draft of the new bill. U.S. lawmakers have sought to pass a bill to levy sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 project, which the United States sees as further undermining Europe’s energy security by giving Russian gas giant Gazprom another pipeline to ship its natural gas to European markets. Germany, the end point of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, looks at the economic…