It is reported that 71 days have passed since the explosion of two "North Stream" natural gas pipelines at the end of September, but the impact has not been eliminated. All parties are paying attention to the results of Russia and Europe's investigation into the incident, thus finding the culprit. German media reported that last week, former German left-wing party leader Oscar Lafontein denounced Scholz as "weak and incompetent" and chose to stay out of the pipeline bombing. The incident deliberately undermined German infrastructure "almost equivalent to declaring war on Germany." In fact, as the direct relevant party to the case, the German government only stated at the beginning that it would actively investigate the truth, but soon quietly withdrew and made no statements.
, and the two countries that investigated the incident "most core" , Sweden, and Denmark, had hardly disclosed any useful information in more than two months. At first, the joint investigation team they sent said that the existing evidence showed that the pipeline was "very likely to be damaged by humans", and later stated that it was "inconvenient to share the details of the explosion with allies because it was too sensitive"; in November, the Swedish prosecutor updated the news that investigators found traces of explosives at the scene of the damaged part of the "North Stream" pipeline, which confirmed the possibility of artificial damage. These news has no value, so many media criticized the so-called joint investigation team for "deliberately procrastinating."
On the 8th of this month, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zakharova said that although Russian President Putin had ordered that the leak of natural gas pipelines of "Northern Stream" needs to launch a transparent investigation with the participation of relevant Russian agencies, Sweden and Denmark still refuse to participate; Russia believes that European countries "dare not" to let Russia participate, because in this way, the whole world will know who the real culprit is. Russian media reports mentioned that the incident occurred within the "regional areas" of these two countries, so they have been using sovereignty to cover up and exclude Russia; Russia may repair the pipeline in the future, and it is still unknown whether Sweden and Denmark cooperate.
Some analysis on this believes that Sweden and Denmark's own investigation progress is seriously lagging behind, and now they are not allowed to get Russia close to the scene, which means that the matter is basically difficult to solve. Although it is not clear whether there is evidence left at the scene of the crime, from some details, there must be something unknown here, so they need to "protect" them well. There are also views that Sweden and Denmark are using the investigation as an excuse to delay Russia's restoration progress. They will even extend the investigation to one or two years later, so that Russia will not be able to repair it and naturally cannot supply gas to Europe.
Also worth mentioning is that Sweden denies that they refuse Russia to participate in the investigation because of "convict" and instead states that because of problems such as existing positions, the Russian investigation results may be very misleading, and their own data are true and credible. In response, the Russian side also responded: If there is no Russian personnel involved, they will not recognize all investigation results. Some comments believe: "Sweden and Finland's have a very strange attitude. I believe that any country can see the mystery in this matter and who the mastermind behind the matter is; but the truth may be buried in the end, and this will also become one of the largest 'headless cases' of this century."
