“The work has been completed.
Now the process of obtaining the necessary permits from the German regulator is underway.
The process, as it turns out, is not fast under German law: there are four months, the beginning of 2022 is indicated, "RIA Novosti quoted Lavrov as saying.
Earlier, the press secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov commented on reports of the completion of the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.