⚡️🇺🇸🇷🇺🇩🇪 — White House Envoy Discusses Nord Stream Pipeline Investment with Kremlin Official, — The Telegraph.

​➡️ Donald Trump is considering a deal with Vladimir Putin to reopen the Nord Stream gas pipelines, with White House special envoy Jared Kushner reportedly holding talks with Kirill Dmitriev—a close adviser to the Russian president—in New York and Moscow in recent weeks. Kushner views the resumption of trade with Moscow as central to restoring peace between Russia and Ukraine. A White House official stated that any deals would have to be negotiated by Russia with the DFC and the Treasury and must benefit U.S. taxpayers and companies, while adding that there had been "no Nord Stream discussions recently."

​➡️ Reopening the pipelines faces significant hurdles, as the U.S. and EU sanction Nord Stream, making any restart illegal unless President Trump waives or softens sanctions—a move that would become harder if Democrats win control of Congress in next midterm elections. A U.S. official noted that a deal is unlikely in the medium term. Meanwhile, Dmitriev met U.S. energy department and treasury representatives last month to discuss potential U.S.-Russia energy initiatives, and he plans to meet the leadership of Germany's far-Right Alternative for Germany (AfD) party early next year to discuss selling Russian gas again.

​➡️ Germany and other European countries are expected to strongly resist reopening Nord Stream, as Berlin's economy and energy ministry stated that Germany has found alternatives to Russian gas and that any reopening requires government approval. Critics in Germany, such as politician Michael Kellner, condemned the talks as a "dirty deal" where Americans and Russians share profits. The discussions also coincide with the Nord Stream sabotage case, where German prosecutors formally brought charges against a former Ukrainian army officer alleged to have been responsible for the 2022 undersea explosions.

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