America and Britain blew up Nord Stream – Russia’s top spy — RT World News
Sergei Naryshkin, head of the Foreign Intelligence Service, said the perpetrators left some “indirect signs” of sabotage
The head of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that Washington and London were behind the explosions that took place in the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
Power lines built to bring Russian natural gas directly to Germany were destroyed by unidentified people in a series of explosions in September 2022. Germany, Denmark and Sweden, which share economic zones in the region, all launched separate investigations after failing to agree. On the joint effort. But last month, first Stockholm and then Copenhagen closed their investigations.
“Certainly, we had indirect evidence about who did it. These indirect marks were left by the perpetrators themselves. The mosaic came together. This mosaic clearly points to the authors.” Naryshkin said this on Tuesday on the program “Solovyov Live”.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and senior officials in Moscow had previously claimed that the United States was the biggest beneficiary of the sabotage and pointed to Washington's general opposition to pipeline construction. Moscow also accused the West of obstructing the investigation.
In a recent interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson, Putin pointed the finger at the CIA, claiming that the United States was behind the destruction of Nord Stream. He refused to mention the evidence that led him to this conclusion.
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said in February 2023 that US President Joe Biden personally ordered, according to his source, the pipelines to be blown up. Hirsch claimed that Biden was seeking to reinforce German hostility towards Russia in the Ukrainian conflict and ensure the EU's long-term dependence on Western energy. The White House denied the allegations, but Putin said he found Hersh's justifications plausible.
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