The Nord Stream 2 pipeline for carrying Russian gas to Europe is 99% completed, as Russia's Akademik Cherskiy pipe layer finished its work, project operator Nord Stream 2 AG announced on Wednesday

Germany will not alter its "principled" stand on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, German Ambassador to Russia Geza Andreas von Geyr said in an interview with RIA Novosti, adding that linked sanctions were not applicable

The Biden administration waiving some of the sanctions against the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline looks like a clever move to show goodwill to both Germany and Russia as the project draws closer to completion, Art Franczek, the president of the Moscow-based American Institute of Business and Economics, told Sputnik on Friday

The construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline for carrying Russian gas to Europe is expected to be completed by the summer, and there is hope that the first batch of gas will be delivered to Germany by this time, Pavel Zavalny from Russia's parliamentary group on cooperation with Germany said on Thursday