Russia has no resources to finish construction of Nord Stream 2, blackmailing European leaders | BA Comment

Russia has no resources to finish construction of Nord Stream 2, blackmailing European leaders | BA Comment

Russia has no resources to finish construction of Nord Stream 2, blackmailing European leaders


 

The Russian Federation will complete the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, even if it has to fund the project itself. This was announced by President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in early January.

 

BA Comment

Putin again shows muscle and flaunts imperial power in front of European leaders. He blackmails them with words. However, the realities are quite different. Russia does not have pipeline ships about laying the pipes at the bottom of the sea to complete the construction of Nord Stream 2. This was acknowledged by Alexei Rakhmanov, director of United Shipbuilding Corporation (USC). In an interview with state television Russia 24, he explained that if ordered, his company could build such a platform in about 6 years.