The United States has informed Germany that it plans to impose sanctions on a Russian pipe-laying ship involved in construction of the Russian-led Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, the German Economy Ministry said on Monday. FILE PHOTO: A road sign directs traffic towards the Nord Stream 2 gas line landfall facility entrance in Lubmin, Germany, September 10, 2020. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/File Photo “We’re taking note of the announcement with regret,” an Economy Ministry spokesman in Berlin said. German business daily Handelsblatt had earlier reported the U.S. sanctions would go into effect on Tuesday as part of the Countering America’s Adversaries Through Sanctions Act (CAATSA). It said the sanctions would be imposed on the Russian pipe-laying ship “Fortuna” and its owner, KVT-RUS. Nord Stream 2, designed to double the capacity of the existing Nord Stream undersea gas pipeline, has become a point of contention […]