Russia not informed on progress of Nord Stream blasts probe, says Russian diplomat
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Pipes from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline project in Sassnitz, Germany, on Sept 30, 2022.
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MOSCOW - Moscow has not been informed about the progress of an investigation into last year’s Nord Stream pipeline blasts
Russia has prepared an “official document” based on its correspondence with Denmark, Sweden and Germany and has given copies of it to the UN Security Council and the UN General Assembly, said Mr Dmitry Polyanskiy, Russia’s deputy UN ambassador.
“The documents allow our colleagues at the UN to verify that the allegations that these countries have informed us of the progress of their investigations are not true,” Mr Polyanskiy said on the Telegram messaging platform.
The September 26, 2022 explosions on the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany occurred in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark.
Denmark, Germany and Sweden told the Security Council in a joint letter in February that the “Russian authorities have been informed regarding the ongoing investigations” by their national authorities.
Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, each consisting of two pipes, were built by Russia’s state-controlled Gazprom to pump 110 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year to Germany under the Baltic Sea. REUTERS
