![Launch of second section of Nord Stream gas pipeline](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F125%2F61%2F1256173_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEt1ZGVua28gIzEyNTYxNzM%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-1256173-preview_2c0fd1a3c495a03ad1f746327005807d.jpg)
![Launch of second section of Nord Stream gas pipeline](https://img.sputnikimages.com/images/vol1%2Fmedia%2Foriginal%2Fold%2F125%2F61%2F1256173_hires_0%3A0%3A0%3A0_1400x1000_80_10_1_QWxleGV5IEt1ZGVua28gIzEyNTYxNzM%3D_116%3A95_sputnik-1256173-preview_2c0fd1a3c495a03ad1f746327005807d.jpg)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel during a video link-up at a ceremony to launch the second section of the Nord Stream gas pipeline, at the Portovaya booster station in Vyborg.
- Categories: Economy, Business & Finance
- Location: Leningrad region, Russia
- Event date: 08.10.2012
- Date published: 08.10.2012
- Author: Alexey Kudenko
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4256x2832px, 2.5Mb