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    Biden adds Nord Stream 2 sanctions in response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion

    by Eli Stokols and Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times Feb 23, 2022 4 minutes
    View of the Pipeline Inspection Gauge receiving station, the Nord Stream 2 part of the landfall area in Lubmin on Germanys Baltic Sea coast, taken on Sept. 21, 2021.

    WASHINGTON — As Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, the Biden administration Wednesday added to its economic sanctions package targeting Moscow by allowing previously blocked penalties to take effect against the company behind the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

    Announcing the sanctions in a statement, President Joe Biden emphasized that the U.S. “will not hesitate to take further steps if Russia continues to escalate.”

    Additional sanctions, following the initial package announced Tuesday, came amid unmistakable signals that Russian President Vladimir Putin is escalating his invasion of Ukraine. Putin on Monday formally recognized two separatist territories in Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent, and the upper house of Russia’s parliament on Tuesday approved the

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