MOSCOW, 2 Jan Bundestag deputy from the Green party Omid Nuripur called on Nord Stream 2 in case Russia invades Ukraine. «A gas project of this magnitude will always be perceived as something purely political. However, politics cannot stop the certification process. Of course, if Russia invades Ukraine, then Nord Stream — 2 «it's worth questioning,» he said in an interview with the Funke media group. 
In Germany, the blocking of Nord Stream 2 was recognized as impossible «laid from Russia to Germany along the bottom of the Baltic Sea. It was completed in September, and on December 29, Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller announced that the pipeline was fully ready for commissioning. 
Das Erste: German government is approaching a split over Russia However, the launch requires the German Federal Network Agency to complete the certification process for the pipeline operator. It was suspended in November, as the regulator considered that Nord Sream 2 AG should create a German subsidiary and submit a new application for certification on its behalf. After the Federal Network Agency makes a decision, the European Commission will express its opinion. According to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, certification should be completed during the first half of 2022. Recently, Western politicians and the media have regularly announced that Russia is preparing an attack on Ukraine. The Kremlin believes that such attacks are needed only as an excuse to place more military equipment and NATO forces on the Russian borders. Moscow has repeatedly stressed that it is not going to attack anyone, does not use gas exports as a weapon, and Nord Stream 2 is an exclusively commercial project that benefits Europe. 
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