The Kremlin on Tuesday said that Russia was considering “further steps” to take in response to Britain’s alleged role in the attacks on the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany.
“Such actions cannot be put aside. Of course, we will think about further steps. It definitely cannot be left like this,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
On Saturday, Russia’s Defense Ministry accused British “naval specialists” of involvement in the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines, which resulted in what was likely the largest-ever methane gas release. London has denied the Russian accusation.
Peskov claimed that Russia had evidence of the UK’s involvement, but Moscow has yet to present any. “There is evidence that Britain was involved in this act of sabotage, in plain language, a terrorist act, against a vital energy infrastructure, and not Russian — it is very important to take this into account — but an international energy infrastructure,” he said, according to TASS.
In the wake of the pipeline leaks, Western officials and media outlets claimed Russia was behind the blasts. But Moscow has little motive to destroy pipelines that are mainly owned by Gazprom, the Russian state gas company.
The US has the motive to attack the pipelines as it has long opposed Nord Stream 2 and tried to stop the pipeline’s construction with sanctions. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the Nord Stream explosions provide a “tremendous opportunity” to wean Europe off Russian gas, and President Biden had previously threatened to “bring an end” to Nord Stream 2.
But at this point, no evidence has been made public that shows the US or any of its allies were involved in blasts. Demark and Sweden are conducting investigations into the leaks and concluded they were caused by explosions, but they haven’t named a culprit and aren’t sharing many details.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said Tuesday that Russia had officially begun an investigation into the causes of the explosions. Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that Gazprom was allowed to conduct inspections of the leaks.
c”Russia Considers ‘Further Steps’ Over Allegation That the UK Was Behind Nord Stream Blasts”
Sometime in the future strange occurrences and evil may befall the UK from unknown persons or countries!
“….But at this point, no evidence has been made public that shows the US or any of its allies were involved in blasts….”
We might have to wait for some documents via Wikileaks, or some persisten and expert historian rummaging through Swedish, Danish, British and US national security files some 30-40 years from now.
Assuming, of course, there is a 30 years from now
They will let us know with the same time scale that they release the info about the Kennedy assassination.
We already have the Liz Truss text to Blinken, “It’s done.”, within a minute after the blast.
We all know Russia doesn’t have any evidence.
Delusions of grandeur again, hey?
‘We all know’ is a blanket statement that has NO merit.
You are right. Minus Putin supporters.
The great game continues…
It’s hard to see any equally dramatic response that wouldn’t hurt Russia equally. A significant asymmetrical target is the petro-dollar system where the Kremlin and allies can ramp up recruitment in the global south to the Asian Development Bank currency basket.
That’s the way it seems to work, action, reaction-response, escalation. Repeat.
We may not know who attacked the Nord Stream pipelines. But we know who has the motive and the opportunity. Not just anybody could have pulled it off and vacated the scene of the attack unnoticed.
The poodle did it.
Western officials and media outlets claimed Russia was behind the blasts.
sure thing uncle sam = russia sabotaged their own pipeline because they really don’t want to be forced to sell their natural gas to europe.
“oh thank the lucky stars that our pipeline blew up just after we finally opened it up for business!”
Cui Bono?
Blinken let the cat out of the bag when he exuded happiness over the “opportunity”.
This is one of the biggest stories of the year and western media ignore it for the most part. Obviously Washington and London did this but it will never be acknowledged.
It is a good thing the UK changed PM Truss was headed for war with Russia
There has been no evidence on either side, just recriminations and accusations.
More important is what will happen when evidence leaks out.
Will Germany finally turn on its “allies” who betrayed it? That would mean NATO falling apart due to betrayal and misuse.
Will Russia do a tit-for-tat attack on Western pipelines? That is how we are told nuclear weapons are to be used, so why would this be different?
The real story is that the evidence has not yet leaked. Of course it will, and when it does, things will change course rather suddenly.
Russia says it has plenty of evidence which means it doesn’t have any.
The damaged pipeline is just that now. Nothing will happen, Just no more gas flowing through it.
Russia “allegedly” assassinated dissidents in the UK with that weird radioactive poison not long ago. This is a cycle of violence that continues to grow. Hopefully it will be contained to that side of the pond.
The West already knows who did it. Since it wasn’t Russia, they’re closing ranks, closing the books and saying nothing.
Is there really any doubt? There are tree levels of depths next to Danish island where sabotage occured. The shallows. This is where most of Danish sensors are minitoring submarine traffic. There is a middle depth, where pipelines are. Not deep enough for submarines, Then the deep end — where submarines can travel,
Danish sensors are capable of tracking underwater traffic in the deep waters, Bottom line — they cover area of pioelines and the depths beyond.
Nobody could have committed this sabotage without Danish government knowledge. Does it matter which country individually participsted, planned, originated the idea? No it matters none. NATO is responsible. This did not happen without coordination.
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Must be nice to have all the evidence and all the facts all the time.
So are you going to provide us with your CV so we all can understand what makes you so eminently qualified to make this determination?
It is called knowledge of facts. Not otherwise needed for all mainstream media scribes that spread their utter ignorance on the matters of fact or background. Millions of people do not question their qualifications.
So you just naturally have this in-depth knowledge of Danish waterways and Nordstream? Remarkable!
For starters, the new UK aircraft carrier could be accidentally hit by a missile.
I doubt it, Russia would need a precision strike capability on a moving target protected by air-maritime defenses that actually work.