Russia rejects aspects of Germany-U.S. accord on Nord Stream 2 pipeline, reuters.com

 The Kremlin said on Thursday it disagreed with some statements in an agreement between the United States and Germany on the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, insisting that Russia had never used energy as a tool of political pressure.

Under the agreement announced on Wednesday by the United States and Germany, Berlin pledged to respond to any attempt by Russia to use energy as a weapon against Ukraine and other central and eastern European countries. […]

“Russia has always been and remains a responsible guarantor of energy security on the European continent, or I would even say on a wider, global scale,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Peskov also said the Kremlin disagreed with comments in the agreement about countering Russian aggression and about Moscow’s allegedly malicious actions in Ukraine and beyond. Läs artikel