“Why is everything revolving around Nord Stream 2?
They want to make Russia pay for their (West. -
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) geopolitical project in Ukraine, "the Russian leader said.
He noted that "everything is quite primitive."
Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project would be implemented despite US sanctions.
On February 15, it was reported that the pipe-laying vessel Fortuna resumed laying the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in Danish waters, which had previously been suspended due to bad weather.