Investigating the case of sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, Swedish prosecutor Mats Jungkvist gave a statement on the main version considered by the investigation. According to him, “with a high degree of probability” behind the explosions is a state-backed and sponsored group, according to Reuters.
According to Jungkvist, this is the main scenario of the investigation. However, the investigators do not exclude that the sabotage could have had “independent” authors. A small group could have been involved in the organization of the explosion in the Baltic Sea, since the type of explosive used in this case does not require a large number of participants.
Earlier, Jungvist said experts turned over every stone at the site of the explosions, but had no luck finding any evidence. According to him, it will not be easy to determine the perpetrators. Earlier, the investigation was able to establish that we are talking about sabotage. Analysis of evidence from the crime scene revealed traces of explosives.
Explosions in pipelines transporting Russian gas to a number of European countries occurred on September 26, 2022. Two powerful underwater explosions were recorded in the area of pipeline leaks at the time of the emergency. The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation has opened an investigation into an act of international terrorism.
Vladimir Putin believes that sabotage was committed on the pipeline, in which a state was involved. The President of the Russian Federation has called for the creation of an international commission to investigate the explosions of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. Russia and China have submitted a resolution to the vote of the UN Security Council on the investigation of the Nord Stream sabotage, but Western countries did not support it.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Seymour Hersh in February made direct allegations of gas pipeline bombings against the United States. In March, the New York Times, citing its sources, wrote that Nord Stream was allegedly destroyed by a pro-Ukrainian group that may be operating without the knowledge of the Kiev authorities. Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov believes that the Nord Stream case will end with a “very similar” formula and that the results of the investigation will not be made public.
The Swedish Prosecutor’s Job: The state-sponsored group behind the Nord Stream blasts
