“After successfully passing sea trials, the Akademik Chersky vessel has started pipe-laying work in the exclusive economic zone of Denmark today,” TASS reports.

As noted, the work is also continued by the barge "Fortuna".

Earlier, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that SP-2 will be completed in 2021.

The Russian Foreign Ministry stressed that attempts to hinder the commissioning of the gas pipeline are illegal and will not affect its implementation.