"The construction work will be completed at the end of August. So, we believed that the gas may be flowing this year," Seele said at a press conference.
Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said last week that despite attempts of the United States to politicise the Nord Stream 2 project, the pipeline will be operating soon and the US-Germany agreement on Nord Stream 2 will not be able to have an impact on the project as it is almost completed.