The vast majority of German citizens support the construction of Russian gas pipeline " Nord stream - 2 ", writes Hannoversche Allgemeine referring to the social survey Institute study of the views of a large number of citizens YouGov. According to the survey, 56% of citizens support the project. in addition, against the construction of the pipeline has been only 16 % of Germans, 27 % abstained from the answer. the survey involved 2,058 Inhabitants of Germany. The project "Northern stream - 2" involves the construction of 2 pipelines with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas per year from the coast of Russia through the Baltic sea to Germany. The new pipeline is expected to build very close with the existing " Northern stream ". It will pass through the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone of the countries located along the shores of the Baltic sea - Russia, Finland, Sweden, Denmark and Germany. Construction completion is scheduled for late 2019. Consistent opponents of the project are, for example, Ukraine, which fears to lose the income from the transit of gas from Russia, and the United States with Grand plans to export to the European Union of its liquefied natural gas. The Russian side has many times stated that the Project "Northern stream - 2" is a commercial and competitive and does not involve the termination of transit of gas from Russia through Ukraine to the European Union. <span style="color:darkgray