The Number One Threat for the Ukrainian Economics and its National Security: the Nord Stream 2 Natural Gas Pipeline

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39 US Senators have written a joint letter to the US Department of the Treasury urging the Trump Administration to try and prevent the construction of a the NORD-STREAM 2 natural gas pipeline. The pipeline would circumvent Ukraine, and the senators believe would allow Moscow to apply pressure on European governments. The Senators also warned that removing Ukraine from the gas supply chain would remove quote “one of the biggest reasons for Russia to avoid large-scale conflict in Eastern Ukraine.”