Putin and Schroeder get Nord Stream pumping

A controversial pipeline to pump Russian gas to Europe has been officially inaugurated.



The 8.8 billion euro Nord Stream project was agreed in 2005 by then Russian President Vladimir Putin and then German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder - and both men were on hand to launch the first test flows.



Last year, 95 billion cubic metres of Russian gas were pumped to Europe via Ukraine.



Nord Stream will eventually carry up to 55 billion cubic metres a year along the bed of the Baltic Sea, straight to Germany.



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