Recently, Sweden rejected the request to form an investigation team with Denmark and Germany, and investigated the bombings of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 alone. Now that the investigation has ended, the Swedish Security Agency said it had discovered the leak point of the pipeline and had traces of explosions, which also showed the high possibility of the pipeline being deliberately damaged. Sweden has also lifted the blockade of the waters near the Nord Stream, but has refused to share the results, claiming that the content of the results is very sensitive.
Nord Stream leak site
Sweden refused to set up a joint investigation team
When the investigation was conducted, the European judicial organization proposed to set up a joint investigation team, but was rejected by Sweden. The Swedish prosecutor once said that the joint investigation will only impose some unnecessary troubles on us. If a joint investigation team is established, all the investigation results must be shared. Considering this, Sweden also refused very quickly and believed that its investigation involves national security and has too much information that needs to be kept confidential.
Due to Sweden's flat rejection, Germany and Denmark will conduct their respective investigations. As expected, Russia was excluded from the investigation. Earlier this month, Russian Prime Minister m Shuskin also communicated with Sweden, hoping that the Russian government could investigate the "Northern Stream" explosion, and Sweden also directly expressed its rejection.
Nord Stream Pipeline Site Map
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has also emphasized before that only Russian experts participate in the investigation can we recognize the results of the investigation of the "North Stream", otherwise we will never recognize the "false results" disclosed by European countries such as Sweden.
It is worth noting that in May this year, Sweden officially applied to join NATO . According to the procedures, NATO member states need to review and approve them according to the procedures. In August this year, US President Biden had signed the protocol for Sweden to join NATO, and after Biden signed it, he also handed over the protocol to NATO.
Although it is not a formal member of NATO, it is already in the process of joining. Most NATO members have approved this request, and only two NATO members have not approved it. At this critical moment when it is unbearable, Sweden launched an investigation into the Nord Stream explosion.
If Sweden directly shares the real investigation results of the bombing of the Nord Stream, then the agenda for joining NATO will be directly stranded, and the truth will be refused to be announced on the grounds that sensitive information is involved. Sweden is also truly on the side of the United States and NATO.
U.S. President Biden
Russian Embassy in Denmark once issued a statement that the "North Stream" was deliberately damaged by Russia. Sweden does not allow Russia to participate in the investigation. The three countries that can initiate the investigation are also NATO member states and countries applying to join NATO. From this level, the objectivity and reliability of the investigation have been greatly weakened. It was originally an objective investigation issue. These operations by Sweden and other countries will make the entire incident more likely to be a political issue.
All parties also speculated that if the investigation results show that Russia destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline, then Sweden will directly announce the result, and there will definitely be no less accusations against Russia.
Russian President Putin
Some people also said that this must be insider. Several countries that conducted the investigation did not announce the results of the investigation. In fact, everyone can understand this way. The destructors behind it have been investigated, but it is not convenient to say it. It will bring disadvantages to themselves. In fact, the only country that European countries fear is the United States, and it is obvious who is behind the scenes.
From the perspective of interests, the United States actually has the greatest possibility of operation behind the scenes. After the outbreak of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, European countries followed the United States to sanction Russia, and could no longer obtain natural gas from Russia. The United States took the opportunity to replace it and became the main natural gas supplier in Europe, thus achieving extremely high profits. At the same time, the United States was not willing to return this deal to Russia, so it simply blew up the Nord Stream and cut off Europe's retreat to claim Russian natural gas.
(Editor: Cheng Xiaoyu Reviewed: Gudong)
