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| US and UK intelligence “directly involved” in Nord Stream sabotage – Russia’s spy chief | |
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| American and British saboteurs were behind the blasts that crippled the key pipelines, Sergey Naryshkin has said | |
| The US and British intelligence services were involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has said. | The US and British intelligence services were involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines, the head of Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), Sergey Naryshkin, has said. |
| The key energy infrastructure, built to deliver Russian gas to Germany and the rest of Europe, was ruptured by explosions on the bottom of the Baltic Sea in September 2022. | The key energy infrastructure, built to deliver Russian gas to Germany and the rest of Europe, was ruptured by explosions on the bottom of the Baltic Sea in September 2022. |
| “It has long been known that the West uses international terrorism as a tool to achieve its geopolitical goals. However, the Western intelligence agencies themselves also do not hesitate to resort to terrorist methods in fighting their opponents,” Naryshkin said during a meeting with the heads of security agencies and intelligence services from former Soviet republics on Tuesday. | “It has long been known that the West uses international terrorism as a tool to achieve its geopolitical goals. However, the Western intelligence agencies themselves also do not hesitate to resort to terrorist methods in fighting their opponents,” Naryshkin said during a meeting with the heads of security agencies and intelligence services from former Soviet republics on Tuesday. |
| According to the Russian spy chief, the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines was one example of such activities. | According to the Russian spy chief, the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines was one example of such activities. |
| “The SVR possesses information about a direct involvement of professional saboteurs from the Anglo-Saxon (American and British) special services in this terrorist attack,” he stated. | “The SVR possesses information about a direct involvement of professional saboteurs from the Anglo-Saxon (American and British) special services in this terrorist attack,” he stated. |
| Naryshkin noted that Nord Stream was a joint project between companies from Russia and other European countries, intended to provide for “an uninterrupted supply of affordable Russian gas to Europe.” | |
| “Meaning that Russia built it together with constructively minded Europeans, and the Anglo-Saxons blew it up,” he said. | |
| The SVR head insisted that “destroying Nord Stream was an obsession not only of the Democratic, but also of the Republican administration in the US.” |