"On September 6, specialists of the pipe-laying barge Fortuna welded the last pipe of the second string of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, after which pipe No. 200 858 will be submerged to the bottom of the Baltic Sea in German waters," the statement says.
As noted, the next step is the docking of the section extending from the coast of Germany with the section stretching from the waters of Denmark, using the over-water method.
Then, commissioning works will be carried out along the line to bring the gas pipeline into operation by the end of the year.
Earlier, the chairman of the board of "Gazprom" Alexei Miller said that the wait for the completion of the construction was very short.
On August 27, it was reported that the project is at the final stage of implementation.