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Russia can finish Nord Stream 2 within couple of months -Ifax cites Novak

December 26, 2019 at 05:08 am EST

Russia can finish the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to Germany within a couple of months, Interfax cited Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak as saying.

President Vladimir Putin said Russia has a "pipe-laying vessel" to complete the construction of the Nord Stream 2, Kommersant daily reported citing unnamed sources on Thursday, following sanctions imposed by Washington.

U.S. President Donald Trump imposed sanctions last week on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline designed by Moscow to bypass Ukraine and increase gas supplies via the Baltic Sea to Germany, Russia's biggest energy customer.

(Reporting by Polina Devitt; writing by Anastasia Teterevleva; editing by Jason Neely)

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Alexander Novak

Alexander Valentinovich Novak is the Deputy Prime Minister of Russia. Presently, he is Chairman at Transneft PJSC and Chairman of ROSSETI PJSC. Mr. Novak is also on the board of 5 other companies. In his past career he occupied the position of Deputy Governor at Province of Krasnoyarsk and Deputy Director-Personnel & Head-Polar Division at Norilsk Mining & Metallurgical Combine Named After Zavenyagin. He received an undergraduate degree from Norilsk State Industrial Institute and an undergraduate degree from Moscow State University Lomonosov.

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