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Russian Baltic Sea pipeline gets final approval

by Valentina Pop, Brussels,

A Gazprom-led European company has received the last environmental permit it needed to construct a gas pipeline through the Baltic Sea, linking Russian gas fields directly to Germany.

Finnish authorities on Friday (12 February) gave the Switzerland-based Nord Stream consortium the last environmental permit it needed in order to start building a 1,223 kilometre-long pipeline through the Baltic Sea.

Sweden, Denmark, Germany and Russia last year also gave the Gazprom-led joint ventu...

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The underwater pipeline will bring Siberian gas directly to Germany (Photo: Nord Stream AG)

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