“I would like to congratulate Gazprom and your partners in Nord Stream 2 on the completion of work on the creation of this large additional pipeline and on the fact that it is ready for operation,” RIA Novosti quotes Putin.
Earlier, the head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, reported to the president on the readiness of the gas pipeline for operation.
According to Miller, the filling of the second line was completed on December 29 at 12:58 pm Moscow time.