US sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline will not stop its construction, and the project will be fully implemented, Oleg Morozov, a member of the Russian upper house's foreign affairs committee, told Sputnik on Saturday

The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy rejects extraterritorial sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline imposed by the United States, the ministry spokesperson told Sputnik, adding that this is the position of the entire German government

The United States prevents other countries from developing their economies by introducing sanctions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday, commenting on the recent sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 and TurkStream gas pipelines

The rationale behind the newest United States' sanctions against Russia is to boost the demand of its own liquefied natural gas (LNG) on the European market at a higher price, which per se is an aggressive act that signifies the beginning of an economic war, Heiko Hessenkemper, the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party spokesman in the Bundestag Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy, said in an interview with Sputnik

A new US defense bill that threatens sanctions on companies involved in the Russia-led Nord Stream 2 project has caused an uproar in Berlin, yet nobody doubts that the pipeline will be finished, despite the Americans' last-minute attempt to stop it

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson will pay a visit to Estonia on Saturday to meet with the country's Prime Minister Juri Ratas and UK servicemen from NATO's multinational battalion, Delfi news portal reported on Friday

US Senators Ted Cruz and Ron Johnson in a letter to Allseas Group S.A., a company installing deep-sea pipes for Russia's Nord Stream 2, urged it to stop its activities on the project immediately and warned of "crippling sanctions" under the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act if it fails to comply

The leader of the European People's Party in the European Parliament, Germany's Manfred Weber, called the United States' decision to impose sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project "wrong."