MOSCOW, Dec 24 (Reuters) - The launch of the Nord Stream 2
natural gas pipeline is being hindered by politics, but Russia
still hopes its certification will be completed by mid-2022,
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.
The pipeline will allow Russia to ship more gas to Europe
while bypassing Ukraine.
(Reporting by Anton Kolodyazhnyy and Vladimir Soldatkin
Writing by Olzhas Auyezov; Editing by Kirsten Donovan)