“At the moment, we keep all forecasts for completion dates,” RIA Novosti quoted Sorokin as saying.
According to him, the ministry is confident that the project will be completed.
“The project should be completed by the end of this year - the beginning of the next, this is the most extreme,” he said.
Earlier in Berlin, it was announced that the implementation of Nord Stream 2 is in the interests of Germany and Russia.
As noted in Gazprom, the commissioning of the gas pipeline is scheduled for the end of 2020.
The head of the US Department of Energy Dan Bruyett said that Russia will not be able to independently complete the construction of the pipeline.
On February 4, the Handelsblatt newspaper, citing diplomatic circles in Washington, announced that Washington intended to impose new sanctions on the project.