The lack of progress with the implementation of the continuation of the gas pipeline " Nord stream " to the UK is not associated with the deterioration of relations between Russia and the West, said the press service of the Nord Stream.
" The rationale of the project is saved, a feasibility study, which was completed by the company Nord Stream, has created a solid basis for the development of the project in the future, when the matter was resolved. The intention of Times to link the lack of progress (project) to expand the pipeline of events in Ukraine and related penalties does not coincide with reality, as with the position of the timing and causes and consequences ", - stressed in the cartel, RIA " Novosti ". Before The Times stated that, against the background of deteriorating relations between London and Moscow, the gas pipeline " Nord stream " is no longer expected to extend to the UK. In February 2014 Gazprom jointly with consortium partners have evaluated the technical feasibility of the project, but European governments did not want him to say, as this would strengthen Europe's dependence on gas from Russia, highlights magazine. The final cancellation of the Nord stream " to the UK, reviews of publications, was the Ukrainian crisis. Remember, the pipeline consists of 2 thread length 1, 224 thousand Km with a capacity of 27, 5 billion cubic meters of gas per year each. Two gas pipeline through the Baltic sea from Portovaya Bay near the city of Vyborg (Leningrad region, Russia) to the German coast near the town of Greifswald.

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