In presence of Russia\'s President Dimitri Medvedev the official ceremony for the laying of the Nord Stream pipeline took place in the Russian town of Vyborg. Roughly two 1220 km pipelines will be laid on the bed of the Baltic Sea between the Russian town of Vyborg and the German town of Lubmin. More than 200.000 single pipes need to be welded together, each of the 12 m long pipes has a diameter of 1,4 m and weighs about 24 tons. With start of the heating season 2011 the first gas will flow through the pipeline.
The Nord Stream pipeline will link Russia and the European Union via the Baltic Sea directly and transporting natural gas to supply electricity to businesses and households. In the end of 2011 should be completed the first pipeline to supply Europe with gas, a second tube will deliver gas from 2012. m4-tv accompanies the project in broadcast videos and rough cuts.
