“As for Nord Stream 2, there is only one expectation here: the agreements signed must be fulfilled, regardless of considerations of the political situation,” TASS quoted him as saying.

Nechaev noted that the Russian side expects that the work in the Cabinet will induce the deputies criticizing the gas pipeline project to abandon "election rhetoric in favor of serious work for the good of the country and the energy security of Europe as a whole."

Earlier, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrei Rudenko said that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is an exclusively economic project.