The Russian pipe-laying barge Fortuna, capable of completing the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, has begun work to resume the construction of a gas pipeline in Danish waters. RIA Novosti reports this with reference to the project operator Nord Stream 2 AG.
On January 19, 2021, Washington first implemented the threat and imposed restrictions on the Russian barge Fortuna, which was going to be used to complete construction. After that, Gazprom admitted for the first time that construction could be postponed indefinitely, and under exceptional circumstances even forever.
The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline from Russia to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea was supposed to be commissioned at the end of 2019. However, its completion was hampered, in particular, by the threat of sanctions from the US, due to which European companies began to withdraw from the project.