According to him, the design of such a vessel can take up to two years.
“On average, probably, we are still talking about one and a half to two years of design and 3-4 years of construction,” Rakhmanov said.
He clarified that "there really is nothing cunning from the point of view of technology."
“Two, relatively speaking, boats, between them - a laying machine, and of course the whole plant, for welding pipes, insulation and the like,” continued the head of the USC.
Earlier, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said there was no doubt that the construction of Nord Stream 2 would be completed, despite the imposition of US sanctions on the project. He added that Gazprom has alternatives on how to get this all worked out.
Jens Müller, spokesman for the Nord Stream 2 AG operator company, noted that 160 km remained to be laid on two lines of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.