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The pipeline is expected to deliver 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas per year to the European Union.

Trump has called Nord Stream 2 ``horrific``.

Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed that the Nord Stream 2 project must not be politicized.

Russia is building the Nord (North) Stream 2 gas pipeline by linking Russia and Germany via the Baltic seabed.

The project has seen strong opposition from the European Commission as increasing EU'.s dependence on Russian gas and undermining Ukrainian transit.

In early July. US President Donald Trump announced that the Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline would make Germany ``hostage`` to Russia.

Both leaders raised concerns about Syria and the plight of the many refugees created by the seven-year-old war there.

The gas pipeline project is currently on the agenda of the talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

At last month’s NATO summit in Brussels. President Trump caused a stir by claiming Germany was a ``captive of Russia.``

Currently. oil product exports are taxed on the basis of a percentage of the crude oil export duty. which is tied to the price of oil.