Nord Stream 2: The Russian pipeline that everybody’s talking about

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• The gas pipeline is finished, but it is waiting regulatory approval before it can start providing the 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe every year.
  
• Some European lawmakers are fiercely opposed to the deal and do not want regulators to approve it.
  
• The debate over what to do with Nord Stream 2 has gained even more attention in recent weeks as energy prices soar across Europe.
  

Lubmin, GERMANY – Remote, quiet but energy-rich: the coastal area of Lubmin in north Germany hosts the world’s most controversial gas pipeline.

Nord Stream 2 stretches for 1,200 kilometres from Vyborg in Russia through the Baltic Sea to Lubmin in Germany, bypassing Ukraine and Poland.

The gas pipeline is finished, but it is waiting regulatory approval before it can start providing the 55 billion cubic meters of natural gas to Europe every year.

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