MOSCOW/BERLIN (Reuters) - The Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Germany being launched on Tuesday was once billed as a means to bring extra Russian gas to Europe, but the costly link's main purpose now is to lessen Moscow's reliance on Ukraine's transit pipelines.
The new 7.3 billion euro ($10.04) pipeline under the Baltic Sea was designed at a time when European Union demand for natural gas and for imports from Russian gas export monopoly Gazprom were rising.
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