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U.S. senators Ted Cruz, Tom cotton, and Ron Johnson has threatened the operator of the German port of Mukran and logistics base of the Russian project “Northern stream 2” — “financial destruction” in case of further logistical support of the project. At the end of 2019, after similar threats from the project refused Swiss Allseas whose vessels were laid the last section of “Nord stream 2” near the island of Bornholm.U.S. Senator Ted Cruz with colleagues Tom Cotton, Ron Johnson wrote a letter to the top management of the company Faehrhafen Sassnitz GmbH, which manages the port of Mukran, with the threat of serious consequences in the event that the company does not immediately stop any logistical support to the Russian project “Northern stream 2,” writes the German Handelsblatt, citing a letter to senators dated 5 August.Faehrhafen Sassnitz GmbH is 90% owned by the city of Sassnitz, another 10% — the authorities of Mecklenburg—Vorpommern.”If you continue to provide products, services and support to the project “Northern stream 2″, that will destroy the future financial condition of the enterprise”,— said in the letter. At the end of last year after similar threats of Mr. Cruz, the Swiss Allseas was removed from the project two of its pipelay — Pioneering Spirit and Solitaire. As a result, the project operator Nord Stream AG 2 still can not finish the pipe. 2 Nord Stream AG, “Kommersant” reported that the company was aware of the letter to three U.S. senators in the address Faehrhafen Sassnitz GmbH.The port of Mukran is the logistic base of the project “Nord stream 2”. Here are the pipes to complete the construction of the 160-kilometer section of the pipeline based workers and directly two vessels under the Russian flag — “Fortuna” and “academic plan” that will build the pipeline. The port also supplies food to the Russian court. “Your delivery on the “Fortune” or “academic plan” must be subject to sanctions at the moment when one of two vessels is lowered into the water pipe for the construction of the pipeline “Nord stream 2″,” write the senators. It should be noted that “fortune” in July relocated to another German port of Rostock.We are talking about the fact that the port and his staff will be “economically and financially cut off from US”, and the American physical and legal persons will be prohibited from doing business with the port of Mukran and stakeholders, including the import and export of goods through the port.Tatiana Woodpecker