Russia will be able on their own to finish the pipeline "Nord stream - 2," said the head of the Board of PJSC "Gazprom" Alexey Miller. before Vladimir Putin at a mutual press conference with German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that "Nord stream - 2" must be completed before the end of 2020 or the first quarter of next year. The project 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. Against the "Nord stream - 2" were 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. In addition, to stop the construction of a lot of time agitated the Kingdom, Poland and the Baltic States. for the "Nord stream - 2" is active are Germany, Austria and Norway. Vladimir Putin, for his part, has repeatedly said that Moscow refers to the pipeline only As an economic project. at the end of December, Donald trump signed the defense budget for 2020, which provides for penalties Against the gas pipeline "Nord stream - 2" and " Turkish stream ". The United States wanted to obtain from the contractors to immediately stop the construction. later, the state Department said that contractors will be able to defend punishment, is minimized if all actions until January 20. However, Allseas did not want to resume the construction even before this date, although one would have to put about 160 miles of pipeline from 2460. As stated Minister of energy Alexander Novak, the gas pipeline will be put into use in 2020 and Russia has the resources to do this. <span style="color:darkgray