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Nord Stream 2 moves ahead to complete Russian gas pipeline

The operator has mobilised two pipe-laying vessels despite the risk of new US sanctions, as Gazprom starts excavating unused gas trunk lines leading to Ukraine

Heavy task: Manufactured concrete-coated pipes for Nord Stream 2 stored at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, Germany
Heavy task: Manufactured concrete-coated pipes for Nord Stream 2 stored at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, GermanyPhoto: AFP/SCANPIX
  • Vladimir Afanasiev
Moscow
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Published 17 June 2020, 11:25Updated 17 June 2020, 11:25