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    MOSCOW, November 5 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's prime minister thanked Sweden and Finland on Thursday for approving the construction of a Russian-German natural gas pipeline through their economic zones in the Baltic Sea. "Sweden's government has given its permission to the Nord Stream consortium to build two parallel pipelines to carry gas through the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea ... I want to thank the Swedish government for this decision." "And a big thank you to our Finnish partners," he said. Full Article at RIA Novosti
    Sweden's government has given its permission to the Nord Stream consortium to build two parallel pipelines to carry gas through the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea ... I want to thank the Swedish government for this decision.
    Vladimir Putin – Vladimir Putin SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
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Putin thanks Sweden, Finland for approving Baltic gas pipeline
  1. Nord Stream has consistently fulfilled what the Swedish government demanded
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
  2. To my knowledge, a decision to approve the gas pipeline in Russian territorial waters is to be taken in late November - early December this year
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago
  3. And a big thank you to our Finnish partners
    SOURCE: RIA Novosti 1 month ago

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