12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz-Mukran: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be stored on the premises of the port of Mukran. Barely five months after the construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline was halted, a Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz-Mukran: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be stored on the premises of the port of Mukran. Barely five months after the construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline was halted, a Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz-Mukran: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be stored on the premises of the port of Mukran. Barely five months after the construction of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline was halted, a Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian laying ship "Akademik Tscherski" lies in front of the chalk cliffs of the island of Rugen. Barely five months after the construction stop on the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, the Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian laying ship "Akademik Tscherski" lies in front of the pier of the Baltic resort Binz. Barely five months after the construction stop on the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, the Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian laying ship "Akademik Tscherski" lies in front of the pier of the Baltic resort Binz. Barely five months after the construction stop on the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, the Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian laying ship "Akademik Tscherski" lies in front of the chalk cliffs of the island of Rugen. Barely five months after the construction stop on the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, the Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian laying ship "Akademik Tscherski" lies in front of the pier of the Baltic resort Binz. Barely five months after the construction stop on the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, the Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 May 2020, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian laying ship "Akademik Tscherski" lies in front of the chalk cliffs of the island of Rugen. Barely five months after the construction stop on the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, the Russian pipe-laying ship has reached the Baltic Sea off the island of Rugen. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

News Bilder des Tages Verlegeschiff fuer Nordstream II in Mukran Das russische Pipeline-Verlegeschiff Akademik Cherskiy legt im Faehrhafen Mukran auf Ruegen Landkreis Vorpommern-Ruegen an. Das Spezialschiff wird im Hafen fuer seinen Einsatz zum Weiterbau der Ostsee-Pieline Nordstream II vorbereitet. Vor fuenf Monaten erfolgte durch US-Sanktionen den Baustopp der etwa 2460 Kilometer langen Rohrleitung durch die Ostsee. Es fehlen nur noch etwa 160 Kilometer. Mukran Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream II in Mukran The Russian pipeline laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy docks in the ferry port of Mukran on Ruegen County Vorpommern Ruegen The special ship is being prepared in the port for its deployment for the further construction of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nordstream II Five months ago, the construction of the 2460 ki

Verlegeschiff fuer Nordstream II in Mukran Das russische Pipeline-Verlegeschiff Akademik Cherskiy legt im Faehrhafen Mukran auf Ruegen Landkreis Vorpommern-Ruegen an. Das Spezialschiff wird im Hafen fuer seinen Einsatz zum Weiterbau der Ostsee-Pieline Nordstream II vorbereitet. Vor fuenf Monaten erfolgte durch US-Sanktionen den Baustopp der etwa 2460 Kilometer langen Rohrleitung durch die Ostsee. Es fehlen nur noch etwa 160 Kilometer. Mukran Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream II in Mukran The Russian pipeline laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy docks in the ferry port of Mukran on Ruegen County Vorpommern Ruegen The special ship is being prepared in the port for its deployment for the further construction of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nordstream II Five months ago, the construction of the 2460 ki

Verlegeschiff fuer Nordstream II in Mukran Das russische Pipeline-Verlegeschiff Akademik Cherskiy legt im Faehrhafen Mukran auf Ruegen Landkreis Vorpommern-Ruegen an. Das Spezialschiff wird im Hafen fuer seinen Einsatz zum Weiterbau der Ostsee-Pieline Nordstream II vorbereitet. Vor fuenf Monaten erfolgte durch US-Sanktionen den Baustopp der etwa 2460 Kilometer langen Rohrleitung durch die Ostsee. Es fehlen nur noch etwa 160 Kilometer. Mukran Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream II in Mukran The Russian pipeline laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy docks in the ferry port of Mukran on Ruegen County Vorpommern Ruegen The special ship is being prepared in the port for its deployment for the further construction of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nordstream II Five months ago, the construction of the 2460 ki

Verlegeschiff fuer Nordstream II in Mukran Das russische Pipeline-Verlegeschiff Akademik Cherskiy legt im Faehrhafen Mukran auf Ruegen Landkreis Vorpommern-Ruegen an. Das Spezialschiff wird im Hafen fuer seinen Einsatz zum Weiterbau der Ostsee-Pieline Nordstream II vorbereitet. Vor fuenf Monaten erfolgte durch US-Sanktionen den Baustopp der etwa 2460 Kilometer langen Rohrleitung durch die Ostsee. Es fehlen nur noch etwa 160 Kilometer. Mukran Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream II in Mukran The Russian pipeline laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy docks in the ferry port of Mukran on Ruegen County Vorpommern Ruegen The special ship is being prepared in the port for its deployment for the further construction of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nordstream II Five months ago, the construction of the 2460 ki

Verlegeschiff fuer Nordstream II in Mukran Das russische Pipeline-Verlegeschiff Akademik Cherskiy legt im Faehrhafen Mukran auf Ruegen Landkreis Vorpommern-Ruegen an. Das Spezialschiff wird im Hafen fuer seinen Einsatz zum Weiterbau der Ostsee-Pieline Nordstream II vorbereitet. Vor fuenf Monaten erfolgte durch US-Sanktionen den Baustopp der etwa 2460 Kilometer langen Rohrleitung durch die Ostsee. Es fehlen nur noch etwa 160 Kilometer. Mukran Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream II in Mukran The Russian pipeline laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy docks in the ferry port of Mukran on Ruegen County Vorpommern Ruegen The special ship is being prepared in the port for its deployment for the further construction of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nordstream II Five months ago, the construction of the 2460 ki

Verlegeschiff fuer Nordstream II in Mukran Das russische Pipeline-Verlegeschiff Akademik Cherskiy legt im Faehrhafen Mukran auf Ruegen Landkreis Vorpommern-Ruegen an. Das Spezialschiff wird im Hafen fuer seinen Einsatz zum Weiterbau der Ostsee-Pieline Nordstream II vorbereitet. Vor fuenf Monaten erfolgte durch US-Sanktionen den Baustopp der etwa 2460 Kilometer langen Rohrleitung durch die Ostsee. Es fehlen nur noch etwa 160 Kilometer. Mukran Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream II in Mukran The Russian pipeline laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy docks in the ferry port of Mukran on Ruegen County Vorpommern Ruegen The special ship is being prepared in the port for its deployment for the further construction of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nordstream II Five months ago, the construction of the 2460 ki

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

Verlegeschiff fur Nordstream 2 Das russische Verlegeschiff Fortuna wartet auf den Weiterbau der Gas-Pipeline Nordstream 2 im Faehrhafen Sassnitz-Mukran. Das 170 Meter lange Spezialschiff mit dem Heimatfaen Archangelsk/Russland wurde 2010 gebaut. Nach Inkrafttreten der US-Sanktionen wurden die Schweizer Verlegeschiffe abgezogen und die Verlegearbeiten gestoppt. Russland will jetzt mit eigenen Spezialschiffen die Pipeline fertigstellen. Sassnitz Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Deutschland *** Laying vessel for Nordstream 2 The Russian pipe-laying vessel Fortuna is waiting for further construction of the Nordstream 2 gas pipeline at the Sassnitz ferry port Mukran The 170-metre-long special ship with the home port of Arkhangelsk Russia was built in 2010 After US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the l

19 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers are standing at the construction site of the receiving station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, which was originally scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

19 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A sign with the inscription "Nord Stream 2 Committed Reliable Safe" is located in the Lubmin industrial park. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

19 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers are standing at the construction site of the receiving station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, which was originally scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

19 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers are standing at the construction site of the receiving station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, which was originally scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

19 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers are standing at the construction site of the receiving station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline, which was originally scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

TOPSHOT - Tubes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being loaded on a ship at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, on December 12, 2019. - Germany criticised a vote by US lawmakers on a bill that would sanction contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany, saying Washington should mind its own business. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

Tubes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being loaded on a ship at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, on December 12, 2019. - Germany criticised a vote by US lawmakers on a bill that would sanction contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany, saying Washington should mind its own business. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

Tubes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are piled up at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, on December 12, 2019. - Germany criticised a vote by US lawmakers on a bill that would sanction contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany, saying Washington should mind its own business. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

Tubes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being loaded on a ship at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, on December 12, 2019. - Germany criticised a vote by US lawmakers on a bill that would sanction contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany, saying Washington should mind its own business. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

Tubes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are piled up at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, on December 12, 2019. - Germany criticised a vote by US lawmakers on a bill that would sanction contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany, saying Washington should mind its own business. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

Tubes for the construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being loaded on a ship at the Mukran port in Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany, on December 12, 2019. - Germany criticised a vote by US lawmakers on a bill that would sanction contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany, saying Washington should mind its own business. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be loaded onto a ship at the port of Mukran. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be stored on the Mukran port site. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be loaded onto a ship at the port of Mukran. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be loaded onto a ship at the port of Mukran. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be stored on the Mukran port site. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be loaded onto a ship at the port of Mukran. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be loaded onto a ship at the port of Mukran. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be loaded onto a ship at the port of Mukran. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: Pipes for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea gas pipeline will be loaded onto a ship at the port of Mukran. The US House of Representatives has launched sanctions against companies in connection with the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian pipe-laying ship "Fortuna" is moored in Mukran harbour. The special vessel with its home port in Arkhangelsk, Russia, can lay gas pipelines. After the US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the laying work was stopped. Nord Stream now intends to complete the pipeline with its own special ships. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian pipe-laying ship "Fortuna" is moored in Mukran harbour. The special vessel with its home port in Arkhangelsk, Russia, can lay gas pipelines. After the US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the laying work was stopped. Nord Stream now intends to complete the pipeline with its own special ships. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian pipe-laying ship "Fortuna" is moored in Mukran harbour. The special vessel with its home port in Arkhangelsk, Russia, can lay gas pipelines. After the US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the laying work was stopped. Nord Stream now intends to complete the pipeline with its own special ships. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian pipe-laying ship "Fortuna" is moored in Mukran harbour. The special vessel with its home port in Arkhangelsk, Russia, can lay gas pipelines. After the US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the laying work was stopped. Nord Stream now intends to complete the pipeline with its own special ships. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

12 December 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Sassnitz: The Russian pipe-laying ship "Fortuna" is moored in Mukran harbour. The special vessel with its home port in Arkhangelsk, Russia, can lay gas pipelines. After the US sanctions came into force, the Swiss pipe-laying vessels were withdrawn and the laying work was stopped. Nord Stream now intends to complete the pipeline with its own special ships. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View over the construction site of the pigging station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 (aerial photo with a drone). Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers are standing at the construction site of the receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A blue cover closes a pipe at the receiving station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing on the construction site of the receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View over the construction site of the pigging station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 (aerial photo with a drone). Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A blue cover closes a pipe at the receiving station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A blue cover closes a pipe at the receiving station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing on the construction site of the receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A blue cover closes a pipe at the receiving station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

14 November 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. Originally, the pipeline for natural gas from Russia was scheduled to go into operation at the end of this year. Construction was delayed because a route around the Danish island of Bornholm had not been approved by the end of October. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

04 September 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the Eugal gas pipeline transfer station. The transfer station is to feed the first Russian natural gas from the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline into the European gas grid at the end of the year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

Aerial view taken on August 11, 2019 shows the ship "Castoro 10", from where parts of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are laid in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sassnitz on the Baltic island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany. - The German-Russian Chamber of Commerce on December 12, 2019 called for retaliatory sanctions after US lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill that would punish contractors working on the Russian pipeline to Germany. The 9.5-billion-euro ($10.6 billion) Nord Stream 2 pipeline will run under the Baltic Sea and is set to double shipments of Russian natural gas to Germany. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

Aerial view taken on August 11, 2019 shows workers on the ship "Castoro 10", from where parts of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are laid in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Sassnitz on the Baltic island of Ruegen, northeastern Germany. - The German-Russian Chamber of Commerce on December 12, 2019 called for retaliatory sanctions after US lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill that would punish contractors working on the Russian pipeline to Germany. The 9.5-billion-euro ($10.6 billion) Nord Stream 2 pipeline will run under the Baltic Sea and is set to double shipments of Russian natural gas to Germany. (Photo by Stefan Sauer / dpa / AFP) / Germany OUT

dpatop - 16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes (aerial photograph with a drone). In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes. In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes. In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes (aerial photograph with a drone). In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes (aerial photograph with a drone). In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes. In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes (aerial photograph with a drone). In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Anklam: A section of the Eugal natural gas pipeline is laid into the ground with the aid of side tree cranes. In future, the pipeline will transport Russian natural gas from Lubmin in Vorpommern to the Czech Republic. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers on the construction site of the pigging station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View over the construction site of the pigging station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers on the construction site of the pigging station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the pigging station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing at the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the pig farm. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker passes the pigging station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: The logo for the Nord Stream 2 project on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline pig receiving station near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: The logo for the Nord Stream 2 project on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline pig receiving station near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: The logo for the Nord Stream 2 project on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline pig receiving station near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers on the construction site of the pigging station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing on a ladder at the construction site of the pigging station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing on a ladder at the construction site of the pigging station for the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site sign of the pigging station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the pigging station of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 near Lubmin. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/ZB

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: Workers sth. on the construction site of the Baltic Sea pipeline Nord Stream 2 at the receiving station on a platform. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The investor Nord Stream must compensate for the environmental damage caused by the construction of the second Baltic Sea pipeline for Russian natural gas. The wastewater treatment plants Bergen and G?hren on Rugen as well as Stralsund and Greifswald will receive additional filters from the investor. This means that clean wastewater with fewer nutrients is discharged into the Rugen Bodden waters and the Baltic Sea. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker is standing on the construction site of the receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The first Russian natural gas is to flow through the pipeline at the end of the year. The investor Nord Stream must compensate for the environmental damage caused by the construction of the second Baltic Sea pipeline for Russian natural gas. The wastewater treatment plants Bergen and G?hren on Rugen as well as Stralsund and Greifswald will receive additional filters from the investor. This means that clean wastewater with fewer nutrients is discharged into the Rugen Bodden waters and the Baltic Sea. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker climbs onto a ladder at the receiving station of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline construction site. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The investor Nord Stream must compensate for the environmental damage caused by the construction of the second Baltic Sea pipeline for Russian natural gas. The wastewater treatment plants Bergen and G?hren on Rugen as well as Stralsund and Greifswald will receive additional filters from the investor. This means that clean wastewater with fewer nutrients is discharged into the Rugen Bodden waters and the Baltic Sea. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A blue cover closes a pipe at the receiving station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The investor Nord Stream must compensate for the environmental damage caused by the construction of the second Baltic Sea pipeline for Russian natural gas. The wastewater treatment plants Bergen and G?hren on Rugen as well as Stralsund and Greifswald will receive additional filters from the investor. This means that clean wastewater with fewer nutrients is discharged into the Rugen Bodden waters and the Baltic Sea. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker passes the receiving station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The investor Nord Stream must compensate for the environmental damage caused by the construction of the second Baltic Sea pipeline for Russian natural gas. The wastewater treatment plants Bergen and G?hren on Rugen as well as Stralsund and Greifswald will receive additional filters from the investor. This means that clean wastewater with fewer nutrients is discharged into the Rugen Bodden waters and the Baltic Sea. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

10 July 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: A worker passes the receiving station on the construction site of the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the pipeline by the end of the year. The investor Nord Stream must compensate for the environmental damage caused by the construction of the second Baltic Sea pipeline for Russian natural gas. The wastewater treatment plants Bergen and G?hren on Rugen as well as Stralsund and Greifswald will receive additional filters from the investor. This means that clean wastewater with fewer nutrients is discharged into the Rugen Bodden waters and the Baltic Sea. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

(FILES) This file photo taken on May 21, 2019 shows incoming pipelines leading to the Bovanenkovo gas field that should feed the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, on the Yamal peninsula in the Arctic circle. - The German-Russian Chamber of Commerce on December 12, 2019 called for retaliatory sanctions after US lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill that would punish contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 21, 2019, a woman walks along a booster compressor station at the Bovanenkovo gas field that should feed the controversial Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, on the Yamal peninsula in the Arctic circle. - The German-Russian Chamber of Commerce on December 12, 2019 called for retaliatory sanctions after US lawmakers gave initial approval to a bill that would punish contractors working on a Russian pipeline to Germany. (Photo by Alexander NEMENOV / AFP)

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

16 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Wrangelsburg: Activists have occupied a pipe on the Eugal line at the construction site. According to police, several people have crawled into already laid pipes with a diameter of 1.40 meters, which are laid at this point over a distance of 1.5 kilometers. With the action under the slogan ?north Stream 2 block! the activists want to delay the construction according to own data and make attentive to climatic damage by natural gas. The Eugal gas pipeline is to run 485 kilometers from Lublin near Greifswald to the Czech border - largely parallel to the existing Opal pipeline. It is intended to ensure the onward transport of natural gas from the controversial Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline. The project is being built and operated by a subsidiary of BASF and the Russian Gazprom Group. The costs are estimated at three billion euros. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa

15 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the receiving station of the Baltic Sea pipeline "Nord Stream 2" near Lubmin. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the end of the year. So far, half the pipes have been laid. Work in Germany is concentrated on the landing site near Lubmin. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa

15 May 2019, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin: View of the construction site of the receiving station of the Baltic Sea pipeline "Nord Stream 2" near Lubmin. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the end of the year. So far, half the pipes have been laid. Work in Germany is concentrated on the landing site near Lubmin. Photo: Stefan Sauer/dpa