Russia is asking for clarification and wants to determine responsibilities after attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipeline
sputnik Russia requested a new open session of the United Nations Security Council to investigate the sabotage attacks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines that took place in September 2022. Deputy Ambassador of Russia Dmitry Polianski published on his Telegram channel the request for an open session of the UN Security Council on the explosions in Nord Stream. Russia called on the UK, as Council President, to invite representatives from Germany, Denmark and Sweden to present the results of their investigations and show that “international efforts are not needed to find those responsible,” Polianski explained.
On September 26, 2022, three of the four lines of Russia’s Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines became the target of sabotage attacks with explosives on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, near a Danish island and off the Swedish coast, areas under the control of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ( NATO). On February 8, Pulitzer Prizewinning American journalist Seymour Hersh claimed that US military divers planted explosives under Russian gas pipelines, which were subsequently activated by Norwegians, during NATO exercises called Baltops in mid2022. Germany, Denmark and Sweden have refused to investigate with Russia or share the results of their investigations. The Kremlin has repeatedly stated that the investigation into the Nord Stream bombing must be transparent and that the world must know who is responsible. The Russian Prosecutor General has launched an investigation into the international act of terrorism.