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(FILES) This file photo taken on September 7, 2020 show gas pipes bound for the Russian pipe laying vessel Akademik Cherskiy (not in picture) that is moored in the port of Mukran near Sassnitz on the Baltic Sea island of Ruegen, north eastern Germany, as the ship waits to continue pipe laying works for the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline. - Construction work resumed Friday, December 11, 2020 on the disputed Nord Stream 2 pipeline which is to bring Russian gas to Germany, the project's managers said, despite protests from the United States. (Photo by Odd ANDERSEN / AFP) (KEYSTONE/AFP/ODD ANDERSEN)