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The Nord Stream gas pipeline projected on the bottom of the Baltic Sea is an instrument of Russia's state policies, which will make Europe more dependent on Russia, say parliamentary speakers of Lithuania, Latvia and Poland.
Potential Nord Stream 2 route
Potential Nord Stream 2 route

"Although formally Nord Stream 2 is presented as a commercial project, it in fact is an instrument of Russia's state policy. Nord Stream 2 is not about diversification of gas supply sources, but rather about deepening of energy dependence of the EU, and especially of Central and Eastern European

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