Terrorist attack on Nord Stream is unprecedented, Lavrov said

MOSCOW, 8 Oct — PRIME. The terrorist attack on the Nord Streams is unprecedented, serious damage has been done to Russia and the energy security of Europe, said Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

“This situation is unprecedented. Critical infrastructure was damaged as a result of the incident. Serious damage was done to the interests of Russia and the energy security of Europe. Now it is important to conduct an objective, comprehensive investigation with the participation of our country and establish the true causes of what happened,” he said in an interview with the Argumenty i data”.

According to the minister, the answer to the question of who benefits from such a development of events is obvious: first of all, the United States and its suppliers of expensive overseas LNG, “interested in forcibly ousting competitors from the European gas market.”

The attacks took place on September 26 at once on two Russian export gas pipelines to Europe – Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2. Germany, Denmark and Sweden do not rule out targeted sabotage. The Nord Stream operator Nord Stream AG reported that the state of emergency on gas pipelines is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the repair time.

Gazprom reported on October 3 that the pressure in the damaged Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines had stabilized, gas leaks had stopped, and gas was being pumped out of another Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline to check its integrity. In turn, the Swedish Coast Guard said that day that a “smaller” leak from Nord Stream 2 was continuing and even increasing slightly.

The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Russian Federation initiated the initiation of a case on an act of international terrorism after the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Danish Foreign Minister Jeppe Kofod announced the government’s determination to refuse Russia’s participation in the investigation of the sabotage and the identification of those responsible.

BREAKING THE NORTHERN STREAMS IS FAVORABLE FOR THE USA AND SUPPLIERS OF EXPENSIVE ZAO OCEANIC LNG INTERESTED IN PUSHING OUT COMPETITORS FROM THE EU GAS MARKET — LAVROV

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