Overview
- Jacek Czaputowicz told RMF24 that a normalization between the United States and Russia could lead to reconstruction of Nord Stream 2 with potential U.S. participation and profit.
- He argued Western European countries would seek economic gains from renewed cooperation and that European buyers, possibly including Poland, could return to purchasing the gas if it is sanctioned by Washington.
- He said Poland is unprepared for such a shift because it has shuttered consulates, allowed contacts to atrophy, and is perceived in Moscow as particularly hostile.
- Czaputowicz linked his assessment to a changed U.S. posture after President Trump’s victory, calling it a prospective new European order centered on U.S.–Russia arrangements.
- No reconstruction plan has been announced and the pipelines’ status remains unresolved after the September 26, 2022 blasts, with Nord Stream AG citing unprecedented damage and Russia pursuing a terrorism case.