If Gazprom could be persuaded to increase gas transit revenues for Ukraine, that would give the Biden administration a reason not to impose sanctions to block Nord Stream 2’s completion and ammunition to fend off criticism from those who want the pipeline to remain unfinished, writes Steven Pifer.
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Steven Pifer: How to solve the Nord Stream 2 dilemma
The Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy is moored in the port of Mukran near Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north eastern Germany, on Sept. 7, 2020, as it waits to continue pipe laying works for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.
