U.S. and Russia Explore Nord Stream Restart, Sources Say
Officials from Russia and the United States, including Jared Kushner and Kirill Dmitriev, have held talks about bringing a US investor into the Nord Stream pipelines, according to five people with knowledge of the situation. The two met in Moscow and New York in recent weeks, though a White House official said there had been no Nord Stream discussions recently. The pipelines are sanctioned by the US and the EU, and Germany's economy and energy ministry said any reopening required government approval and was not desired.
Why it matters: The talks bear on energy security because any restart of Nord Stream would require navigating US and EU sanctions and German government approval.