(FILES) In this file photo taken on June 30, 2017 Russian gas giant Gazprom Chief Executive Officer Alexei Miller gives a press conference following the annual general meeting of the company's shareholders in Moscow. - The controversial Nord Stream 2 pipeline set to supply Europe with Russian gas via the Baltic is "past the point of no return" despite obstacles including the threat of US sanctions, the head of Gazprom said on June 28, 2019. (Photo by Natalia KOLESNIKOVA / AFP)