Comprehensive Russian Tasman and satellite news, on September 30 local time, Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) Director Sergei Nareshkin told reporters that the information they have already grasped shows that the West has participated in the sabotage activities of the "Northern Stream" pipeline. Reuters said this is the most direct public accusation made by senior Russian officials against the West at present.
"We have some materials to show that the organization and implementation of this terrorist attack (referring to the "North Stream" incident) has traces of Western participation." Nareshkin said. "In my opinion, the West is doing everything to hide the real perpetrators and organizers of this terrorist attack."
Nareshkin reiterated that Russia is currently investigating the explosion of the "North Stream" pipeline.
Russian Tajikistan said that the Russian Attorney General's Office stated on the 28th that the court has filed a criminal case against "international terrorism" suspected of destroying the "North Stream" natural gas pipeline, and the Russian Federal Security Bureau launched a preliminary investigation based on this.
Russian Foreign Intelligence Agency (SVR) Director Sergei Nareshkin, data picture
Reuters said on the 30th that Nareshkin's remarks are by far the most direct public accusation against the West by senior Russian officials and are likely to be strongly boycotted by Western countries. He did not disclose what evidence Russia currently has, but accused the West of trying to cover up the truth of the incident.
report also said that Kremlin refused to comment on Nareshkin's allegations, but said that the "North Stream" incident requires a thorough international investigation.
From September 26 to 28, at least four leaks were found in the natural gas pipelines of " Nord Stream-1" and " Nord Stream-2" located near the waters of Denmark. Seismologists from the Swedish National Earthquake Network said that there were two underwater explosions in the area where the gas leaked, and the locations of several leak points were very close. After the
incident, Germany, Denmark, Sweden has launched an investigation into the cause of the accident. Up to now, all parties believe that the leakage of the "North Stream" pipeline may be caused by intentional damage.
The Swedish security department issued a statement on the 28th saying that it is not ruled out that "foreign forces" are the mastermind behind the incident. Danish Prime Minister Frazier Rixson said at a press conference on the 27th that there is no information yet to indicate the identity of the "master behind the scenes".
The North Atlantic Council, composed of NATO 30 member states representatives, also did not point out who the culprit was the incident. However, some Western officials pointed their finger at Russia, while the Russian Foreign Ministry named the United States and NATO .
September 27, a leak occurred in the natural gas pipeline of the "Northern Stream" from Pengpai Image
CNN CNN on the 28th quoted several Western intelligence officials as saying that European security officials observed Russian Navy support ships around the waters where the incident occurred on the 26th and 27th. The Western officials said they were not sure whether the Russian ship was related to the "North Stream" pipeline leak, but would include it as the target of the investigation.
Regarding the above report, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zakharova html pointed out at a briefing on the 229th that NATO member states used deep-sea equipment to conduct exercises near the "Northern Stream Incident" site in July. She stressed that the region is full of NATO infrastructure.
Russian Presidential spokesman Peskov also told reporters on the 29th that the area where the pipeline leak occurred was Baltic , where a lot of NATO equipment was deployed, saying that Russia's participation in the incident was "absolutely absurd."
On September 28, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Zakharova also "named" Biden for the leak of the "North Stream" pipeline. She mentioned that Biden threatened at a press conference on February 7 this year, "If Russia 'invades' Ukraine, 'North Stream-2' will be ended. I promise you that we can do it." Zakharova asked the United States to explain this remark.
In the face of Russian questions, White House spokesman Jean-Pierre defended later on the 28th that Biden said the "end" refers to promoting the German government to freeze the "North Stream 2" project.On the same day, the US State Department and the Department of Defense also denied allegations of destroying the "North Stream" pipeline.
At the same time, U.S. officials also tried to separate their ties with the incident. According to Reuters, on the 29th local time, US Secretary of Defense Austin claimed to the media that the "North Stream" incident still needs further investigation, and it is too early to speculate that the identity of the "master behind the scenes" is.
Source: Observer.com
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