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The '''Nord Stream II''' pipeline is a joint [[Russia]]-[[German]] project to build a gas pipeline directly between Russia and Germany beneath the [[Baltic Sea]] to avoid disruption of service in the event that Russia cuts off gas supplies to [[Ukraine]].  It was begun in response to the [[Magnitsky Act]] sanctions after the [[Crimean Annexation]] in 2014.  The project is being built by [[Gazprom]].

The '''Nord Stream II''' pipeline is a joint [[Russia]]-[[German]] project to build a gas pipeline directly between Russia and Germany beneath the [[Baltic Sea]] to avoid disruption of service in the event that Russia cuts off gas supplies to [[Ukraine]].  It was begun in response to the [[Magnitsky Act]] sanctions after the [[Crimean Annexation]] in 2014.  The project is being built by [[Gazprom]].

On February 22, 2022, [[Germany]] halted approval of this pipeline, as retaliation for troop movements by [[Russia]] concerning [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/22/germany-halts-certification-of-nord-stream-2-amid-russia-ukraine-crisis.html</ref>

On February 22, 2022, [[Germany]] halted approval of this pipeline, as retaliation for troop movements by [[Russia]] concerning [[Ukraine]].<ref>https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/22/germany-halts-certification-of-nord-stream-2-amid-russia-ukraine-crisis.html</ref> Energy prices in [[Europe]] skyrocketed tenfold between 2021 and 2022, and are expected to rise even higher with the political delay of approval of this pipeline.

From the White House press briefing room podium, [[Biden junta]] chief [[propagandist]] [[Jen Psaki]] defended the Trump era sanctions against the Nord Stream II pipeline in February 2021, noting that any new pipeline carrying [[fossil fuel]] from Russia to Germany “goes against [[Europe]]’s own stated energy and security goals.”<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/02/16/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-16-2021/</ref>  The pipeline is a massive scandal in Germany, with former [[Democratic Socialist]] chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] on the board of the Nord Stream pipeline company and a major stockholder.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/</ref>   

From the White House press briefing room podium, [[Biden junta]] chief [[propagandist]] [[Jen Psaki]] defended the Trump era sanctions against the Nord Stream II pipeline in February 2021, noting that any new pipeline carrying [[fossil fuel]] from Russia to Germany “goes against [[Europe]]’s own stated energy and security goals.”<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/02/16/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-16-2021/</ref>  The pipeline is a massive scandal in Germany, with former [[Democratic Socialist]] chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] on the board of the Nord Stream pipeline company and a major stockholder.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/</ref>