The Russian side may later demand compensation for the damage caused by the closure of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines due to their degradation. This view was expressed by Dmitry Birichevsky, director of the Department of Economic Cooperation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, in a comment to RIA Novosti.
“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 said.
At the same time, the interlocutor of the agency did not specify to whom the corresponding request would be addressed. At the same time, the diplomat added that Moscow would continue to insist on an independent international investigation into the terrorist attacks on the Russian gas transportation system, despite attempts by the West to “sabotage work on the draft resolution of the UN Security Council”. on the said investigation.
Earlier, American journalist Seymour Hersh, author of an investigative article on the “SP” sabotage, said that the pipelines were undermined on the orders of US President Joe Biden. And he gave the order for it for a specific purpose.
Russian Foreign Ministry does not rule out claiming compensation for Nord Stream explosion
