“The geopolitical battle to complete the construction of the gas pipeline has raged for years.
Now a new one begins: the battle for commissioning and legal certification, ”the newspaper writes.
The authors of the material expressed the opinion that the change of government in Germany is also capable of pushing the United States to new sanctions against the pipeline.
It is noted that if the federal government turns its back on this project, the European Commission "can be inclined to insist on fulfilling the requirements of the gas directive to Gazprom in full."
Earlier it was reported that Gazprom plans to start gas supplies via the first string of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline from October 1