"Until the end of this year ... we can supply the first gas via the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to the European market," Miller quoted TASS as saying.
According to him, the Russian side has created all the necessary capacities to launch the gas pipeline.
Earlier, the head of the Russian Energy Ministry Nikolai Shulginov spoke about the timing of the start of gas supplies via Nord Stream 2.
On August 27, it was reported that the gas pipeline project is at the final stage of implementation.