The Nord Stream 2 pipeline is now 57% complete, with 1,391 kilometers of two branches built, Gazprom has said.

"The construction of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline is continuing. A total of 1,391 kilometers has been laid along the bottom of the Baltic Sea - about 57% of its total length," the company said.

The pipeline will run more than 1,200 kilometers from the Slavyanskaya compressor station in the Leningrad region's Kingisepp district to Germany's Baltic shore.