MOSCOW – Russia looked set to press on with the $11 billion (8.50 billion pounds) Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project despite mounting Western opposition after data on Sept. 16 showed a Russian ship had sailed for the project’s supply base in Germany.
Reuters: Russian ship sails for Nord Stream 2 supply base in Germany
A couple observe and take pictures of the Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy that is moored in the port of Mukran near Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north-Eastern Germany, on Sept. 7, 2020, as it waits to continue pipe laying works for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline.
