U.S. Floats Lifeline to Russia: Allowing More Gas Sales to Europe

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe Trump administration is pitching a peace deal with Ukraine that would let Russia sell more gas to Europe.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSkip Waverly is live outside a pipeline terminal. Skip?

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentHank, I'm standing beside a very large pipe, and behind me you can see a fence, a sign, and a man who has asked me twice to step back.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentThe idea is to restart the Nord Stream pipelines, which Reuters says the U.S. and the EU have both sanctioned. So it's a restart with a very strong legal department, against it.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorSo the plan relies on something the United States has made illegal.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentRight, and Reuters also says the company behind the pipelines is fifty-one percent owned by Russian state energy giant Gazprom. I think that's a promotion-sized detail, Hank.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorNoted.

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   Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentI've got a local here. Sir, what do you make of the plan?

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   Teodor VaskoI'm Teodor Vasko, I fix boilers, and I'm told by customers that this is going to be a very cold winter or a very awkward one.

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    Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentA German lawmaker, Michael Kellner, called it a dirty deal that will cost Europe dearly.

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    Skip Waverly · Field CorrespondentAnd a U.S. official says a deal is unlikely in the medium term.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorUnlikely, illegal, and Russia's investment fund says there are no such discussions. The plan is holding up remarkably well for something that doesn't exist.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThanks, Skip. Rex has the sports, and I assume his plans are at least legal.