To those who are being exposed to this only because of recent events, here's what has happened before all this: - 2011 - Nord Stream 1 nearing completion and N

To those who are being exposed to this only because of recent events, here's what has happened before all this: - 2011 - Nord Stream 1 nearing completion and Nord Stream AG starts thinking about two more lines (which would later be named Nord Stream 2) - 2015 Jun - Decision to build Nord Stream 2 was made https://amp.dw.com/en/gazprom-inks-plan-for-new-gas-pipeline-to-germany/a-18525292 https://amp.dw.com/en/gazprom-inks-plan-for-new-gas-pipeline... - 2017 Apr - Financing agreements signed https://www.ft.com/content/32898bae-28f3-11e7-9ec8-168383da43b7 https://www.ft.com/content/32898bae-28f3-11e7-9ec8-168383da4... - 2018 Jan - Germany officially grants permit https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nordstream-germany-permit-idUSKBN1FK15J https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nordstream-germany-permit... - 2018 May - US diplomats start talking about sanctions https://www.rferl.org/a/us-warns-russian-german-nord-stream-2-pipeline-risks-trigger-sanctions-security-concern-oudkirk/29233548.html https://www.rferl.org/a/us-warns-russian-german-nord-stream-... - 2018 Jul - Trump scolds NATO General Secretary over European energy relations with Russia https://youtu.be/Vpwkdmwui3k https://youtu.be/Vpwkdmwui3k - 2019 Jan - US ambassador to Germany threatens sanctions https://www.dw.com/en/us-ambassador-richard-grenell-threatens-german-firms-over-russian-pipeline/a-47062540 https://www.dw.com/en/us-ambassador-richard-grenell-threaten... - 2019 Dec - US sanctions Nord Stream 2 https://www.dailysabah.com/americas/2019/12/21/trump-signs-738b-defense-bill-including-sanctions-targeting-russia-turkey https://www.dailysabah.com/americas/2019/12/21/trump-signs-7... - 2020 Dec - US continues to protest, Germany continues to build https://www.thelocal.de/20201206/work-set-to-resume-on-nordstream-2-pipeline-despite-us-protest/ https://www.thelocal.de/20201206/work-set-to-resume-on-nords... - 2021 Jan - Trump sanctions the Russian ship building Nord Stream 2 on his last day at the office https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nordstream-sanctions-idUSKBN29O1XL https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-nordstream-sanctions-... - 2021 Jan - EU sanctions it too https://www.commonspace.eu/news/european-parliament-approves-resolution-calling-halt-nord-stream-2 https://www.commonspace.eu/news/european-parliament-approves... - 2021 May - US waives the sanctions on Nord Stream 2 https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waive-sanctions-firm-ceo-behind-russias-nord-stream-2-pipeline-source-2021-05-19/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-waive-sanctions-f... - 2021 Jun - First line construction is complete https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2021-06-10/construction-nord-stream-2s-first-line-completed https://www.osw.waw.pl/en/publikacje/analyses/2021-06-10/con... - 2021 Sep - The full construction of Nord Stream 2 is complete https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/final-piece-nord-stream-2-place-operator-says-2021-09-06/ https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/final-piece-nord-stream... - 2022 Jan - Nord Stream 2 registers German subsidiary as a part of the certification process https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nord-stream-2-registers-german-subsidiary-certification-still-suspended-2022-01-26/ https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/nord-stream-2-regist... This is a result of over a decade of planning and construction with governments, corporations and companies of Germany, UK, France, Austria, Switzerland, Finland, Estonia, Sweden, Russia... and probably more countries to provide cheap and reliable and climate friendly energy source to Europe... and it is just an addition of 2 more pipes to a pipeline that is already operational for a decade now... and the construction is already complete. Give it a few years, the American media clowns will find something else to distract their peasants with; meanwhile the project will move a few hands, will see some rebranding and the sanctions will be quietly lifted. It has happened before and it will most definitely happen again. It will take something much more drastic than what's happening in Ukraine for that to not go through.