“We will certainly be able to complete (Nord Stream - 2. - RT) on our own. Without attracting foreign partners. The question is the timing ... Of course, the completion of construction will be postponed for several months, but I hope that by the end of this year or in the first quarter of next year, the work will be completed and the gas pipeline will work, ”Putin said at a press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, answering the question whether Russia will be able to complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline under sanctions.
Earlier it was reported that the Swiss company Allseas announced that it would not resume laying the underwater elements of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was stopped due to US sanctions.