He noted that the certification of Nord Stream 2 is a rather complicated process.
The spokesman said that "the operator is fulfilling all the necessary requirements of the regulator, in fact."
“Yesterday we saw a fairly prompt reaction from the Nord Stream 2 company.
A new company will be created in order to fulfill the requirements.
But as for the energy crisis, these are two processes, although in the same area, but they are not interdependent.
From the very beginning it was clear that you need to be patient.
Here, naturally, we, as the Russian side, are convinced that the project itself is important for Europe, "Peskov said.
He was also asked about the possibility of launching Nord Stream 2 early next year.
“This question should be addressed not to us, not to us, but to those who make the final decision on its certification,” he replied.
Earlier, the German regulator suspended the certification of Nord Stream 2 AG as an independent operator of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
It also became known that Nord Stream 2 AG, the operator of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, has decided to establish a subsidiary in Germany in order to meet the country's requirements for certification of the German part of the gas pipeline.
German Energy Ministry spokeswoman Susanne Ungrad commented on the suspension of Nord Stream 2 certification.