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Sputnik International
24 May 2021 15:38 GMT Updated 24 May 2021 15:38 GMT in Moscow
Russian-owned pipelay barge Fortuna has moved into Germany s sector of the Baltic Sea following the completion of work on the Danish side for the highly contentious gas export pipeline project, Nord Stream 2.
Nord Stream 2 is politically sensitive as the US views the Gazprom-led project as a threat to European energy security.
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The Fortuna is expected to lay a two-kilometre segment of the pipeline, completing the deep-water pipelay work that was interrupted in December 2019 by Swiss specialised contractor Allseas as the US prepared sanctions against the project’s contractors.