Russia says 'nothing catastrophic' about U.S. sanctions on Nord Stream 2

Reuters

Published Dec 23, 2019 11:44AM ET

Russia says 'nothing catastrophic' about U.S. sanctions on Nord Stream 2

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday there was "nothing catastrophic" about U.S. sanctions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project, given Russia's gas transit deal with Ukraine, adding the project would be completed in a couple of months.

The consortium behind Nord Stream 2, which is led by Russian state energy company Gazprom (MM:GAZP) and will supply Russian gas to Germany and other European customers, said on Monday about 160 km (100 miles) of gas pipeline still needed to be laid.