- Moscow urged Sweden to divulge the results.
- Sweden and Denmark have decided that the pipes were deliberately blown up, but have not stated who might be to blame.
- Nord Stream 2 construction was completed in September 2021.
Moscow urged Sweden late Monday to divulge the results of its ongoing investigation into the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year.
The United Nations Security Council will convene on Tuesday to consider “sabotage,” following Moscow’s request for an independent investigation into the September strikes on pipelines that spewed gas into the Baltic Sea.
Sweden and Denmark, whose exclusive economic zones the explosions occurred, have decided that the pipes were deliberately blown up, but have not stated who might be to blame.
“Almost five months have passed since the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. All this time, however, the Swedish authorities, as if on cue, remain silent,” Russia’s embassy to Sweden said on the Telegram messaging platform. “What is the leadership of Sweden so afraid of?”
The embassy echoed the Russian foreign ministry’s inquiry about whether Sweden had something to hide in connection with the explosions.
It also restated Moscow’s claim, without offering evidence, that the West was behind the blasts that damaged the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, which delivered Russian gas to Germany.
Nord Stream 2 construction was completed in September 2021, but it was never put into service since Germany halted certification just days before Russia unleashed soldiers into Ukraine a year ago this week.
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