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FILE PHOTO: The Nord Stream 2 pipe laying vessel Audacia is pictured off Ruegen island, Germany, November 7, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt/File Photo
A source familiar with the matter said the bill, to be introduced by Republican Senators Ted Cruz, John Barrasso and Tom Cotton and Democrat Jeanne Shaheen, would seek to impose travel and financial sanctions on companies and individuals involved in constructing the pipeline. The Nord Stream 2 project is led by the Russian state-owned gas company Gazprom, with funding from Germany’s Uniper and BASF unit Wintershall, Anglo-Dutch firm Shell, Austria’s OMV and France’s Engie.
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