Then U.S. Vice President Joseph R. Biden (L) and Amos J. Hochstein, U.S. State Department Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs, talk on January 26, 2015 in Washington, DC. On Aug. 9, Biden appointed Hochstein as a high-level energy security adviser on Aug. 9 to reduce risks posed by Nord Stream 2. PHOTO/BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

When U. S. President Joe Biden appointed Amos Hochstein as a high-level energy security adviser on Aug. 9, some experts were shocked.

The 48-year-old diplomat has been a vocal critic of Russia’s $11 billion Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Germany. After pressure from Germany, Biden’s administration recently decided to waive sanctions on the project and let the 1,230-kilometer pipeline under the Baltic Sea be completed, to Ukraine’s detriment.

Source: www.kyivpost.com

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