SP-2 could be finished by the end of 2021 – media

Russia is trying to get ahead of the new US sanctions to have time to launch a gas pipeline without going through Ukraine.

Nord Stream 2 can be completed by the end of 2021. Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, December 30.

The 1,230-kilometer Russian pipeline reached a key construction point when work was completed on a portion of it in German waters. Now we have to complete the 157-kilometer stretch in Danish waters.

As the newspaper writes, the progress in the construction of the gas pipeline is a victory for Vladimir Putin and Gazprom, as the completion of Nord Stream 2 will allow Russia to increase gas supply to Europe and avoid the traditional transport corridor through Ukraine. .

“We still have 120 kilometers of pipeline to lay in the waters of Denmark and about 30 kilometers in the German exclusive economic zone. We cannot provide further details on the construction and will report on upcoming works at sea at the appropriate time,” the Bloomberg operator SP-2.

Remember that Peskov previously recognized the danger of new sanctions for SP-2. Washington is preparing the final package of sanctions against the Russian project, whose work began a year later, media reported.

Reuters: US prepares fatal sanctions against SP-2

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