Fuel and energy

The German business association welcomes Chancellor Angela Merkel's discussion of the implementation of the agreement with the United States on Nord Stream 2 during her visits to Moscow and Kiev.

Ukraine is creating a working group to oppose the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that he was not happy with the agreement on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline reached between the United States and Germany.

Gas on the European futures market is getting cheaper after Gazprom announced the possibility of supplies via Nord Stream 2 this year.

Gazprom expects to start gas supplies via the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline in October, at the latest in early November, experts commented to RIA Novosti.

This year, Europe may receive 5.6 billion cubic meters of gas through the Nord Stream-2 (SP-2) gas pipeline, Gazprom reports.

Eva Fischer, a journalist for the German edition of Handelsblatt, listed seven main difficulties on the way to the implementation of the Nord Stream 2 project.

The scale of the oil spill is significantly underestimated, according to the Russian Academy of Sciences.

There are only a few weeks left until the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is completed. Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergei Nechaev spoke about this.

The government will create working groups to adapt the Russian economy to the global transition to alternative energy sources, writes RBC, citing sources.

The loss of Ukraine's "favorite" status in the United States was the main reason for the failure of Kiev's struggle with the Nord Stream 2 project. This opinion was expressed by the former head of the board of the company "Naftogaz" Andriy Kobolev.

The first deputy head of the international committee of the Federation Council, Vladimir Dzhabarov, in a conversation with Lenta.ru, reacted to Denmark's threats to turn Nord Stream 2 into a "Pyrrhic victory" for Russia.

Poland tried to interfere with the construction of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, said Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Marcin Przydach in an interview with Polish Radio.

According to Mikhail Saakashvili, Ukraine should start producing its own hydrocarbons and producing energy carriers, in particular, "green" hydrogen after the launch of the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline.

Ukraine will insist on the need to impose sanctions against the operator of the Nord Stream 2 project.