WHY THIS IS NOT THE END OF NORDSTREAM 2

Nord Stream 2 is a Russian-German gas pipeline project that connects both countries via the Baltic Sea. The pipeline construction is about to be finished, the gas supply contracts are signed, the German interconnection pipelines are built and operational, and the investment costs of about $11.5 billion are sunken. What is missing is about 160 kilometers of pipeline laid in the Baltic Sea. Only foreign sanctions on pipe-laying vessels prevent the project’s realization.