INTERNATIONAL: Russian President Vladimir Putin says the German national regulator certifies Nord Stream 2, which is technically fully ready to work since December last year. It is one of the largest infrastructure projects in Europe designed to significantly reinforce energetic security on the continent and help to solve European economic and ecological problems. Putin has clearly says,it is a purely commercial project, and there is no place for politics or political nature.

Putin has said on Tuesday after meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Moscow that the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline, which got its regulatory clearance, is a purely commercial project which will strengthen Europe's energy security

The Russian leader has pointed out that they are ready to continue gas supplies through Ukraine, even after 2024 when their current contract on transit through Germany expires. Of course, if it will be demanded by European importers and it will be profitable. And the gas-transportation system itself is in technically working condition.