As the Nord Stream 2 development company prepares to resume gas pipelaying work on the controversial project in German waters, the political row over the pipeline continues with the US and Russia trading blows in recent days. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now With the US set to vote this week on new sanctions measures against the project that have been included in the country’s latest defense spending bill, the stakes continue to rise. Without the almost-complete 55 Bcm/year capacity Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russia’s Gazprom will have to rely on the transit of gas via Ukraine in much larger volumes than it intended when it signed a five-year deal at the end of last year. […]