Not the richest European countries rebelled against Russian gas again. So, Latvia creates obstacles in the construction of the "Nord Stream -2", the most important for the EU, and Poland is trying to blackmail the European Commission, wishing to overthrow the monopoly of Gazprom,.

The Latvian authorities in their desire to complicate the construction of the largest strategic facility do not shun even frank frauds. The Russian Foreign Ministry explained that in the absence of real legal justifications for the ban of "Nord Stream 2" Riga is inventing "increasingly exotic" arguments "to justify its destructive position".

"An example is the escalation of fears about the" threat to the unity of the EU and NATO countries "in case of storing pipes in the territory of the Ventspils port or the penetration of" Russian spies "into the country to" undermine the basic principles of environmental protection. Only to envy the zeal of the Latvian Foreign Ministry in trying to complicate the construction of the "Northern Stream-2" by any means, without running into frank fraud, "the statement of the Russian department.

It is planned that Nord Stream -2 will be put into operation at the end of 2019.. , The construction itself will be launched in 2018. It is assumed that the gas pipeline will run along the bottom of the Baltic Sea from the Russian coast to the FRG. Two lines of the gas pipeline will flow about 27.5 billion cubic meters per year. The project will double the capacity of the first "Nord Stream", the route of which it practically repeats.

While the Latvians are struggling with the main project, Poland again rebelled against "Gazprom". Warsaw said that it intends to challenge the decision of the European Commission, if it agrees with the proposal of the Russian oil and gas company to resolve the antimonopoly case.

"We are not satisfied with these proposals and we hope that the European Commission will take into account our opinion. We will be very active in this process, "- explained the head of the state Polish oil and gas company PGNIG Petr Vozhnyak.

Antitrust investigation against Gazprom The European Commission started in 2012. And goes in three directions: the division of the Russian gas market monopoly by "hampering free gas supplies to EU countries"; "Creation of obstacles to diversification of gas supplies";

Imposing "unfair prices on their consumers by linking gas prices to the cost of oil".

In 2013 year. The EC was told that if the violations were proven, then Gazprom could face a fine of at least $ 15 billion. , But in March 2017 it became known that the European Commission and the Russian giant intend to reach a compromise.

PGNiG accuses Gazprom, including in the segmentation of the market, overstating prices for blue fuel and abuse of its control over infrastructure.