“Despite the various tricks of the spiteful critics who tried to prevent the Russian gas pipeline from supplying gas to Europe, Nord Stream 2 succeeded.

And the words of our Minister of Foreign Affairs are a message to the entire Western world that one can negotiate with Russia, but “fighting” with it, including the delivery of energy resources, is useless and counterproductive, ”Balbek emphasized.

According to the deputy, this is a "good lesson" to Ukrainian leaders and their allies in terms of the fact that Russia is able not only to give its word, but also to keep it.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Nord Stream 2 will start working in a few days.

The operator of the Nord Stream 2 AG project reported that the last pipe of the second string of Nord Stream 2 has been welded in the Baltic Sea.

On August 27, it was reported that the gas pipeline project is at the final stage of implementation.