The '''Nord Stream II''' pipeline is a joint [[Russia]]-[[German]] project to build a gas pipeline directly between Russia and Germany beneath the [[Baltic Sea]] to avoid disruption of service in the event that Russia cuts off gas supplies to [[Ukraine]]. It was begun in response to the [[Magnitsky Act]] sanctions after the [[Annexation of Crimea]] in 2014. The project is being built by [[Gazprom]].
From the White House press briefing room podium, [[Biden junta]] chief [[propagandist]] [[Jen Psaki]] defended the Trump era sanctions against the Nord Stream II pipeline in February 2021, noting that any new pipeline carrying [[fossil fuel]] from Russia to Germany “goes against [[Europe]]’s own stated energy and security goals.”<ref>https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/press-briefings/2021/02/16/press-briefing-by-press-secretary-jen-psaki-february-16-2021/</ref> The pipeline is a massive scandal in Germany, with former [[Democratic Socialist]] chancellor [[Gerhard Schroeder]] on the board of the Nordstram pipeline company and a major stockholder.<ref>https://www.politico.eu/article/opinion-schroders-russian-sell-out/</ref>
In May 2021 [[Joe Biden]] waived sanctions against the project and its CEO, Matthias Warnig, <ref>https://www.politico.com/news/2021/05/18/biden-sanctions-nord-stream-pipeline-489437</ref> a former [[East German]] [[Stasi]] agentwho partnered with the [[KGB]] while Putin served in [[Berlin]] in the 1980s.<ref>https://www.dailysignaldw.com/2021/05en/21/whatwho-doesis-putinnord-havestreams-onmatthias-bidenwarnig-putins-friend-from-east-germany/a-56328159</ref> The waivers were issued only one week after a cyberattack emanating from Russia shut down the Colonial Pipeline, resulting in shortages and gas lines in the eastern United States—for which Biden absolved Putin before an investigation started.<ref>https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/05/20/what-we-know-about-darkside-the-russian-hacker-group-that-just-wrecked-havoc-on-the-east-coast/</ref> The reversal of Trump-era policies made Biden appear to be a [[Putin]] puppet.<ref>https://dennismichaellynch.com/daily-newsletter/</ref> CDMedia reported,
{{quotebox-float|"CDMedia wrote in the summer before the 2020 election about [[Joe Biden]], and his energy and gas genius son [[Hunter Biden|Hunter]], meeting with Russian gas executives in the United States, weeks after Russia annexed the Crimean Peninsula, and Obama/Biden were crowing in the news about how America needs to ‘get tough on Russia’....The ‘tough on Russia’ thing is a hoax. Biden just ensured billions of hydrocarbon revenue for the [[Kremlin]]. He just weakened the [[NATO]] alliance."<ref>https://creativedestructionmedia.com/analysis/2021/05/20/biden-is-not-tough-on-russia-quite-the-opposite/</ref>}}
The pipeline directly undercuts Germany's efforts to meet [[Paris Climate Agreement]] targets.