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The construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the German-Russian Baltic Sea has resumed. A Nord Stream 2 spokesperson confirmed this to SPIEGEL. The dpa news agency had previously reported the end of the construction stop.
Nearly a year ago, construction work on Nord Stream 2 off the Danish island of Bornholm came to a halt after the United States enacted a sanctions law against the special ships that laid the pipelines. The two Swiss laying vessels were then withdrawn.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would complete the work independently, regardless of foreign partners. Based on US sanctions, affected individuals may be barred from entering the US. The interests of the interested parties or the shares of the company in the United States can be frozen.
94 percent of the pipeline already completed
In the future, 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas will be pumped from Russia to Germany each year through the two Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, each about 1200 kilometers long. The gas pipeline, which costs around 9.5 billion euros, is 94 percent ready.
The United States government wants to prevent the completion of the gas pipeline, which has largely already been laid, and is threatening sanctions on companies involved in the project. Washington fears that its European partners are too dependent on Russian gas. The United States has the support of Eastern European countries such as Poland and the Baltic states.
At the same time, the United States is promoting its liquefied natural gas, which is shipped with LNG tankers, to Europeans as an alternative to Russian pipeline gas.
