Press Secretary of the President Dmitry Peskov has explained the message that Russia has its own pipe layer, that can for a few months to finish the construction " Nord stream - 2 ", despite the punishment. He said that may not indicate expected timing of the completion of the work. "The earlier, the better," concluded Sands. the head of the United States Donald trump on 20 December signed the defense budget for the coming year, which provides for the imposition of penalties Against the "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream." The United States wanted to obtain from organizations, paving the pipelines to immediately stop the construction. Firm Allseas, which is engaged in the construction of "Nord stream - 2" already stopped work and withdrew the special court. for its part, the official authorized design organization Jens Mueller said, remained about 160 kilometers of pipeline from 2460 miles. "Nord stream - 2" involves the laying of 2 thread pipe with a total capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas annually under the Baltic sea from the Russian coast to Germany. The project is the Ukraine, which fears to lose the income from the transit of gas from Russia and the United States, promoting plans to export its LNG to the European Union. Russia is campaigning not to take the pipeline as a tool of influence. According to Vladimir Putin, Moscow refers to it only as an economic project. In addition, it actively supports the Berlin, Vienna and Oslo. <span style="color:darkgray