US pressure on Europe, pursuing its own interests. In particular, scaring EU countries with dependence on Russian energy, they are trying to get Europeans to buy American gas.. So commented on the loud statement by Assistant Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs Wess Mitchell, Head of the Federation Council Committee on Information Policy, Alexei Pushkov. "The US claims that Russia is" threatening Europe, "and Iran’s ballistic missiles are supposedly aimed at it. That’s why the EU should abandon Nord Stream 2 and Iranian oil, the senator said on Twitter. - Both are lies and propaganda.. The goal of this game with marked cards is to impose gas and oil from the United States on Europeans, "said Pushkov.. On the eve, Mitchell made a sharp criticism of the European Union, whose members say they adhere to double standards: on the one hand, they ask the United States to protect them from Russian and Iranian aggression, and on the other, enrich these countries by buying their oil and gas. "For US allies in Europe, it is unacceptable to support projects such as Nord Stream 2," Mitchell quotes RIA Novosti at a conference at the Atlantic Council in Washington..