The controversial Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project will definitely be completed this year, Viktor Zubkov, chairman of the board of directors of Russia’s gas giant Gazprom, said on Friday. “The active work is underway, with quite a bit remaining to be done,” Zubkov told reporters, as carried by Russian news agency TASS . “It will surely be completed this year, definitely,” Zubkov noted. Around 90-92 percent of the work required for the project has already been done, the Gazprom executive said. Earlier this year, Gazprom was said to have warned investors that the Nord Stream 2 project could be suspended or entirely discontinued due to extraordinary circumstances, including “political pressure.” The project, which has divided Europe and drawn opposition and criticism from the United States, has to complete pipe-laying work in Danish territorial waters. However, the United States is threatening more sanctions on entities that help Gazprom, […]