Putin stopped construction at 6:45pm so the sanctions legislation worked and it killed the pipeline. The pipeline lay dormant for over a year, just a hunk of metal at the bottom of the ocean. Joe Biden came into office. He was sworn in on January 20, 2021. Putin resumed deep sea construction of Nord Stream 2 four days later, January 24. He did so because Biden had foreshadowed weakness on that this issue. That foreshadowing was accurate because several months later, Biden formally waived the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 and let Putin complete the pipeline. (1:42:20–1:42:31)
CLAIM
Asserts that Putin resumed Nord Stream 2 construction shortly after Biden's inauguration.
This is an excerpt from a raw transcript. The assertions have not been audited or verified. Tap the video to view the source footage and understand the context.
