Fuel and energy

According to the German Consul, the construction of the Nord Stream 2 (SP-2) gas pipeline has been almost completely completed.

US President will closely monitor the situation with fuel supplies in regions of the country where there are disruptions against the background of a cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline pipeline, and urges the population not to stock up on fuel for future use.

The hacker attack on the pipeline of the American company Colonial Pipeline and the possible consequences provoked a panic demand for gasoline in the United States.

In the United States, after a cyberattack on a fuel pipeline, a regional emergency mode was introduced.

Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree changing the order of exchange trading in fuel. This was done to stabilize prices for gasoline and motor fuel.

The suit of German environmentalists (Nabu organization) suspends the permit of the Federal Maritime and Hydrographic Agency (BSH) for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, but work may resume at the end of May.

The Ministry of Energy proposed to ban the export of gasoline from Russia for three months.

Verkhovna Rada deputy Roman Kostenko suggested aiming Ukrainian missiles at Russian nuclear facilities. He made such a proposal on the air of "Channel 4".

This opinion was expressed by the Ministry of Culture of Ukraine.

Billionaire Oleg Deripaska saw the threat of a coup in China from the Chinese coal business, which is actively resisting attempts by the authorities to limit harmful emissions.

The construction of the world's first experimental demonstration power unit with a fast neutron nuclear reactor and lead coolant BREST-OD-300 in the Tomsk Region will begin this fall.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy argues that opposition to the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project is a matter of war, not business.

The completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2 is expected no later than summer, and there is a hope that Germany will receive the first gas via this pipeline also within this period.

Russia has planned to earn from 23.6 to 100.2 billion dollars a year on the export of hydrogen by 2050.

The German organization for the protection of the environment (DUH) has filed a lawsuit with the Hamburg Administrative Court challenging the German regulator's permission to build the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.