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A key U.S. Senate committee has advanced legislation that would hit companies involved in the Baltic Sea gas pipeline known as Nordstream 2 with financial sanctions.

The measure, passed by the Republican-controlled Senate Foreign Relations Committee on July 31, followed a similar measure backed in the House of Representatives in June, and must still be approved by both chambers in their entirety.

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