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Sweden said it would not allow Moscow to participate in its ongoing investigation into the motives for multiple leaks in underwater pipelines carrying Russian herbal fuel to Europe. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson said on October 10 that Russia would not be allowed to sign an investigation, Stockholm would invite it to sign up for the EU investigation and Moscow was ready to carry out its own inspections of Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines.
“In Sweden, the initial investigations are confidential and, of course, this is true in this case,” Andersson told reporters.
The four leaks in three of the four lines that make up the Russian-owned pipelines sent pressurized methane into the Baltic Sea and raised concerns in Europe amid an ongoing energy crisis.
Western officials said leaks in pipelines connecting Russia to Germany were due to sabotage. This raised suspicions that Moscow was the cause of the incidents, similar to accusations that Russia is withholding energy materials in retaliation for Western sanctions over its unprovoked war against Ukraine.
On October 7, Russia said it would conduct its own investigation into leaks in pipelines off the Danish coast after Denmark refused to allow Moscow to participate in its investigation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has directly accused the United States and its allies of carrying out an attack on the two oil pipelines. Russia’s Foreign Ministry, for its part, said Oct. 6 that the West intentionally creates obstacles to an investigation and that it is “unthinkable” that Moscow and Russian fuel giant Gazprom may simply not participate.
There is a fear that pipes may break permanently through salt water. On October 10, the Russian operator of Nord Stream 2 depressurized this pipeline for protection reasons.
By RFE/RL
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