Ukraine

Sanctions imposed on Russia spare the oil and gas industry because US elected leaders fear voter outrage over higher prices and short supplies.

The pipeline project was completed in September but whether it will flow is now as uncertain as ever as both Germany and the US seek to shut the project down.

Russia’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline is now complete, although gas will not be flowing until regulators issue various approvals, expected by the end of the year.

The second of Nord Stream 2’s twin pipelines is scheduled for completion in August, with the first line having been finished and prepped for filling earlier this month. Politically, Nord Stream 2 has been nothing less than a high-stakes poker game among nations to achieve geopolitical goals.

On 23 May 2017,the Ukrainian parliament adopted the Law of Ukraine "On Environment Impact Assessment." The newly adopted law requires mandatory assessment of effect on the environment of certain industrial objects and activities.