Nord Stream 2 – Continuation of Russia’s gas pipeline

The 1,200 km-long offshore natural gas pipeline project – Nord Stream 2 remains to be a highly controversial subject in EU society. Even though the challenging aspects such as sanctions and legal complications played the core role in completing the construction with delays, the technical part of the project finalized in September 2021. Moreover, while the necessary process of making it operational has provoked the heat themes for discussions, Russia’s recent invasion of Ukraine, changed the whole situation and the possible future of the pipeline drastically. (Weiterlesen …)