Europe will need Russias Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline some day, says Kremlin

　　div classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodivpReuters – Russia has no hope of starting up its undersea gas pipeline Nord Stream 2 anytime soon, but is confident that Europe will need the pipeline some day, whatever it says now, the Kremlin said on Thursday. p

　　pGermany halted the Baltic Sea gas pipeline project, designed to double the flow of Russian gas direct to Germany, as Russia formally recognised two breakaway regions of eastern Ukraine as independent, days before sending tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine.pdivdivdiv classBodysc17zpet90 cdBBJodiv

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　　pp Reporting by Reuters Editing by Kevin Liffeyp

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