The Department of Information and Print of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia has criticized US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Matthew Bryza. In an interview with the Financial Times Deutschland, Bryza intimidated German readers with prospect of building of North-European gas pipeline, stating "the gas pipeline will strengthen Germany's dependence on Russian gas and what happened in Ukraine past winter will take place." The Russian MFA reminded that the US were against the Blue Stream gas pipeline, grounding it with Turkey and Europe allegedly refusing energy dependence on Russia. "Life has shown that these suppositions were false. Blue Stream became a successful example of Russian-Turkish cooperation and at the moment opportunities of its expansion are discussed. Unfortunately, an impression is formed that not concern over energy security of Europe, but a principle, advocated by a range of US officials, according to which a good pipeline is the one that overpasses Russia, underlies Washington counteraction to Blue Stream and now to the North-European gas pipeline," says the statement of the Department of Information and Print of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, reports Mediamax.