The US also waives sanctions on a Putin ally who leads the firm behind the Nord Stream 2 project.
The Biden administration has waived sanctions on a company building a controversial gas pipeline between Russia and Germany.
The Department of State report notes that Nord Stream 2 AG and its chief executive, Matthias Warnig, a former East German intelligence officer, engaged in sanctionable activity.Colonial Pipeline boss confirms $4.4m ransom paid Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russia and the US had "serious differences", but should work together "in spheres where our interests collide".Earlier Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said reports of the impending US sanctions waiver were "a positive signal".And Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted by the state-run Tass news agency as welcoming "a chance for a gradual transition toward the normalisation of our bilateral ties".
But Yuriy Vitrenko, the chief executive of Ukraine's state-owned energy company, Naftogaz, said Kyiv would press Washington to impose sanctions to stop the pipeline.What's the US political reaction? He added that he failed to see "how today's decision will advance US efforts to counter Russian aggression in Europe".US congressional Republicans also condemned the waiver.
He added: "It is a Russian malign influence project that threatens to deepen Europe's energy dependence on Moscow, render Ukraine more vulnerable to Russian aggression and provide billions of dollars to Putin's coffers."
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