The head of the Ministry of defence of Germany and leader of the Christian democratic Union Annegret Kramp-of Karrenbauer spoke out Against attempts to stop the " Nord stream - 2 ". in her expressions, the Project is important for German energy security and diversification of gas supplies. "It would be unfair to create the impression as if the" Nord stream - 2 " can still be stopped, taking into account the course of events and already achieved consensus ", - quotes the Minister the journal Handelsblatt. While crump of Karrenbauer said the obvious complexity of the project, but stressed that the Russian Federation has established itself as a reliable partner. The project "Northern stream - 2" involves the laying 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 project is Firm 2 Nord Stream AG. Half of the funds reinvestiruet " Gazprom ", the remaining part will provide European partners - Shell, OMV, Engie, Uniper and Wintershall. The pipeline passes through the territorial sea or the exclusive economic zone of Finland, Sweden and Denmark, besides the last until not give permission to the gasket. Anyway it is expected to finish construction by the end of this year. In July, the project operator has withdrawn the petition for the basic route, which wanted the participation of the Danish foreign Ministry to speed up the process of matching 2 other routes (Northwest and Southeast). Against the "Nord stream - 2" are the Ukraine, which fears to lose the income from the transit of gas from Russia, the US, is actively promoting the EU's own LNG, as well as Poland, Latvia and Lithuania, believes Project is politically motivated. Support the construction of a gas pipeline in Germany and Austria interested in a reliable fuel supply, as well as Norway, the government which owns 30% of company shares Kvaerner, one of the executors of the construction. in the capital of Russia many times noted that "Nord stream - 2" is solely economic in nature and conforms to European interests. In addition, the official representative of the foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova criticized the possible punishments Against participants of the energy project, calling them a new round of Russophobia. <span style="color:darkgray