Biden imposes Nord Stream sanctions as Merkel assures Zelensky: pipeline cannot be ‘weaponised’

On 20 August, President Biden issued an executive order (‘EO’) under the Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act of 2019, 22 U.S.C. 9526 note, as amended (‘PEESA’), which, as OFAC FAQs explain,  ‘requires the imposition of sanctions with respect to the…