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Foreign Ministry says Russian Federation may demand compensation for ‘Nord Streams’

March 27, 2023

Over time, Russia may demand that the West pay compensation for the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions. But at the same time, Western countries continue to sabotage the work. Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Russian Foreign Ministry, made such a statement during an interview with RIA Novotsi.

“We do not rule out raising the issue of compensation for damages following the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipelines at a later date,” he told the agency.

Diplomat Birichevsky added that despite everything, Russia will continue to investigate what happened and will insist on its involvement in an open international process with the obligatory participation of its representatives.

“But here too, Western countries are actively sabotaging the work on the draft resolution, referring to the lack of ‘added value’ to the international investigation. Despite this, we intend to continue to insist on a full international investigation. and open with the obligatory participation of Russian representatives,” said Dmitry Birichevsky.

Earlier, a British publication wrote that the Danish and Swedish navies were patrolling the Nord Stream area shortly before the sabotage. The Times reports that immediately after one of the ships ended up in the Bornholm area, a Swedish Navy corvette and a reconnaissance aircraft headed there. national air forces. According to former Danish intelligence officer Jakob Korsbo, the observers did not just criss-cross the site of the gas pipeline explosion.

The message from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs stating that Russia may demand compensation for Nord Stream

Russia Desk

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The Russia Desk leads The Eastern Herald's coverage of Russia, the war in Ukraine, NATO's eastern flank, and the post-Soviet space. The desk has reported continuously on the Russia-Ukraine conflict since its full-scale expansion in February 2022 and verifies through Kremlin statements, NATO briefings.

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