ROME — U.S. officials have warned at an energy conference in Brussels that the Trump administration will take punitive action against European companies that are building the Kremlin-favored Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline, which will deliver energy from Russia to Germany while bypassing Ukraine.
Voice of America: US officials issue sanctions warnings to Europe over Russian gas
Picture taken on Nov. 15, 2018 shows a man standing on the pipe-laying ship "Audacia" looking on as tubes are layed for the "Nord Stream 2" gas pipeline off the coast of the Baltic Sea island Ruegen, northeastern Germany.
