“Denmark has been waiting for approval for a long time, it was very important, but not vital for the project,” Interfax quotes Peskova.

According to him, "the project would have taken place without it."

On October 30, Nord Stream 2 received permission to lay Nord Stream 2 along a route southeast of Bornholm Island.

The leading analyst of the National Energy Security Fund, Igor Yushkov, in an interview with the NSN, praised this decision of the Danish Energy Agency.