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Wismar (AP) - The Russian laying ship «Akademik Tscherski» left the port in Wismar on Thursday.
According to dpa information, the ship was towed out of the port.
The then Russian Energy Minister Alexander Nowak said at the end of 2019 that the ship could be used to complete the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea.
Nord Stream 2 has not yet confirmed the ship's involvement in the project and did not comment on Thursday either.
The "Akademik Tscherski" was relocated to the Baltic Sea after special ships from a Swiss company were withdrawn from the construction of the pipeline at the end of 2019.
The reason for the withdrawal were sanctions threats from the USA.
The “Akademik Tscherski” was most recently in Wismar, where it was rebuilt.
The «Fortuna», which is currently laying pipes for the pipeline in Danish waters, had already been located here.
According to the project company, the double line is still missing around 110 kilometers of pipeline in Danish and around 30 in German waters.
The double line is supposed to transport 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas annually from Russia to Germany.
The project had recently come under increasing pressure.
The US first imposed sanctions on a company involved in the construction in January.
The Russian company KVT-RUS, which operates the laying ship "Fortuna", is affected.
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