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US threatens Nord Stream 2 contractors ahead of pipelay work in Denmark

Russian owned fleet, upgraded and mobilised to finish remaining segments of gas export pipeline, is due to proceed to Danish maritime zone in the Baltic Sea on 15 January

Pipes of contention: concrete-coated pipes, stored in the German port of Mukran, are waiting to be laid offshore Denmark as part of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project
Pipes of contention: concrete-coated pipes, stored in the German port of Mukran, are waiting to be laid offshore Denmark as part of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline projectPhoto: AP/SCANPIX
  • Vladimir Afanasiev
Moscow
RussiaNord Stream 2FortunaMecklenburg-Western PomeraniaUS
Published 13 January 2021, 11:46Updated 13 January 2021, 16:29