"Putin's action has disappointed so many people in Europe - They had hoped that friendship with Russia was possible." The relationship between Russia and Europe was great until Washington decided to end the honeymoon between the 2, simply because it was in their interest to do so. It started in 2017.
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joint statement, German Foreign Minister Sigmar **riel and Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern said Europe's energy supplies were "a matter for Europe, not for the United States".
"To threaten companies in Germany, Austria and other European firms with fines in the US if they take part in or finance energy projects like Nord Stream 2 represents a new and negative dimension to US-European relations," they added.
They said the sanctions were clearly about US liquefied natural gas exports, US jobs and squeezing Russia out of the European market.
New US Russia sanctions bill riles Germany and Austria - BBC News
