Mon 27 March 2023:
The Kremlin said on Monday that Russia would establish which state or states were behind blasts that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines and would do everything to stop what it called Western efforts to “cover-up” what happened.
The pipelines, which connect Russia and Germany under the Baltic Sea, were hit by unexplained blasts last September in what Moscow called an act of international terrorism.
President Vladimir Putin has said he believes the United States was behind the blasts, an idea Washington has rejected as false.
A Russian diplomat said earlier on Monday that Moscow may seek compensation for the pipeline damage, but did not specify from whom.
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Compensation
Russia’s claims for compensation for the sabotage at the Nord Stream gas pipelines after the identification of perpetrators are justified, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday.
“If we are talking about, let’s say, sabotage by one or more states, while the data indicate that such a large-scale act of sabotage and a terrorist act against critical infrastructure could not have been committed without the participation of the state and special services to their full potential. Well, then, of course, this would be a completely justified question,” Peskov told reporters when asked who compensation claims can be presented to.
Such a large-scale sabotage against Russia like the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines could not have been committed without national intelligence services, the official added.
“Western countries are taking all possible measures to … (silence) this topic, to silence it so that this topic is not on the agenda, but, of course, Russia will continue to do everything possible to prevent this from happening,” Peskov said.
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