The Kremlin said an investigation of the explosions that leak the Nord Stream gas pipeline arranged by the West to blame Russia.
Russia did not explode its own gas pipeline, the Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said in today's press conference, referring to the explosions that leak the Nord Stream system under the Baltic Sea.
Air bubbles emerge from a leak on Nord Stream 2 with a diameter of about 1 km on the Baltic Sea, the area near the Danish Island of Bornholm, September 27.
The Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipeline appears 4 gas leaks from September 26.
From the statements we heard from Germany, France and Denmark, the investigation is being arranged to blame Russia.
Moscow accused Western countries behind the gas leaks in Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipes, built to transport gas from Russia to Germany, while Ukraine said that Moscow was responsible.
Moscow had previously been confused when being excluded from the investigation of Nord Stream incidents.
We did not have the opportunity to conduct an investigation at the scene, Mr. Peskov said, but adding that investigators from the Russian security agency were doing their work.
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Last week, Denmark said the investigation they conducted with Sweden and Germany were progressing well.
The Swedish Expressen newspaper announced the video filmed by unmanned dive boats on October 17, showing at least 50 meters of Nord Stream 1 pipes were torn or buried at the seabed.
Nord Stream 1 is the largest gas pipeline from Russia to Germany through the Baltic Sea, including two pipes running parallel to each side of 27.5 billion m3 per year.
Completed by the end of 2021, Nord Stream 2 is almost parallel to Nord Stream 1, designed to double the supply of gas from Russia to Germany.
Leaked positions on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. Graphic: BBC.
The video published by the Swedish newspaper shows that Nord Stream 1 metal pipes were torn or buried on the seabed after a strong explosion.
Three consecutive leaks at two Nord Stream gas pipes from Russia to Germany show how vulnerable European energy infrastructure is.