The investigation at the site of the Nord Stream leaks has been completed by the State Security Service of Sweden. This was announced by the press service of the department on Thursday, October 6.
“The crime scene investigation conducted by the security service on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines has now been completed. The investigation heightened suspicions of gross sabotage,” the statement reads. publications.
It is noted that explosions at the facilities caused significant damage to gas pipelines. In addition, evidence was also seized from the crime scene.
A gas leak was discovered on September 26 at once on two Russian export gas pipelines – Nord Stream and Nord Stream – 2. Bjorn Lund, a representative of the Seismic Center of Sweden, said that two powerful underwater explosions were registered that day in the area of leaks in pipelines.
The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation initiated the initiation of a case on an act of international terrorism on the fact of an emergency on gas pipelines. Other countries are also investigating. In particular, Germany, Denmark and Sweden announced their intention to create a joint group to investigate the emergency at Nord Stream.
The Kremlin called the incident unprecedented and requiring urgent investigation. As Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov noted, the situation on gas pipelines affects the energy security of the entire continent. Russia declared its readiness to take part in the investigation into the circumstances of the accident as a member of an international group, but was refused.
Peskov noted that Moscow was alarmed by statements from Denmark and Sweden about the exclusion of Russia from the investigation on gas pipelines, and noted that the participation of the Russian Federation should be mandatory. According to him, this calls into question the results of the investigation.
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