Biden administration report to Congress due Berlin to continue discussions with Washington ‘This is a constructive step’: Maas German foreign minister Heiko Maas on May 19 said the US would not impose sanctions against the developer of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany, which he described as a “constructive” step in relations between Washington and Berlin. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now President Joe Biden’s administration is due to submit a report imminently to the US Congress on which entities involved in Nord Stream 2 should be designated as sanctionable under US law. Two entities — the pipelaying vessel Fortuna and its Russian owner KVT-RUS — were identified in the previous report to Congress issued on Feb. 19. There have been calls from Congress in recent weeks for more entities to be designated under the various sanctions legislation […]