“We will lose all transit. Because there is still the “Turkish Stream”, which is likely to be built and launched by the end of 2019, ”said Koblev, answering a question about the risks for Ukraine at the completion of the construction of Nord Stream 2.
Earlier, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak during a telephone conversation with German Energy Minister Peter Altmeier that Nord Stream 2 AG had built about 700 km of the Nord Stream - 2 gas pipeline.
As stated in the press service of the Ministry of Energy of Russia, the parties touched upon “various aspects of energy cooperation, including the latest amendments to the EU gas directive” and the implementation of Nord Stream 2.
Vladislav Belov, head of the Center for German Studies at the Institute of Europe, RAS, in an interview with the FBA “Economics Today”, assessed the situation with the Nord Stream 2 project.