Putin on Donald Tusk: I have known Mr. Tusk for a long time. Both during the preparation for the construction of Nord S

Putin on Donald Tusk: I have known Mr. Tusk for a long time. Both during the preparation for the construction of Nord Stream 2 and during the construction itself. We have one gas supply line that passes through the territory of Poland to Europe. And a second line was prepared, also through the territory of Poland. The builders had even installed the corresponding structures there. But in the end, we decided to run the second line along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to minimize risks—primarily, of course, of an economic nature. And even then, Poland was against it. This was partly because, first of all, certain economic advantages as a transit country are lost. And secondly, Poland would receive less—which is exactly what happened—it began to receive less income from the transit of our hydrocarbons.