A Nord Stream pipeline operator stands on a platform before the opening ceremony of the North Stream second gas link in Portovaya bay, some 60 kilometers from the town of Vyborg in northwestern Russia, Oct. 8, 2012. Nord Stream's 1,224-kilometer Line Two started operating at full capacity on Monday. Line One with an annual capacity of 27.5 billion cubic meters has been working since November 2011. (Xinhua)

Picture taken on Oct. 8, 2012 shows Nord Stream pipeline equipments before the opening ceremony of the North Stream second gas link in Portovaya bay, some 60 kilometers from the town of Vyborg in northwestern Russia. Nord Stream's 1,224-kilometer Line Two started operating at full capacity on Monday. Line One with an annual capacity of 27.5 billion cubic meters has been working since November 2011. (Xinhua)

Picture taken on Oct. 8, 2012 shows Nord Stream pipeline equipments before the opening ceremony of the North Stream second gas link in Portovaya bay, some 60 kilometers from the town of Vyborg in northwestern Russia. Nord Stream's 1,224-kilometer Line Two started operating at full capacity on Monday. Line One with an annual capacity of 27.5 billion cubic meters has been working since November 2011. (Xinhua)

Picture taken on Oct. 8, 2012 shows Nord Stream pipeline equipments before the opening ceremony of the North Stream second gas link in Portovaya bay, some 60 kilometers from the town of Vyborg in northwestern Russia. Nord Stream's 1,224-kilometer Line Two started operating at full capacity on Monday. Line One with an annual capacity of 27.5 billion cubic meters has been working since November 2011. (Xinhua)