Attack on Nord Stream Pipeline
Kremlin does not believe in a Ukrainian “Doctor Evil”
03/09/2023, 1:15 p.m
The thriller about the attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines continues: After media reports that pro-Ukrainian actors could be responsible for the sabotage, the Kremlin intervened. He denies a Ukrainian “Doctor Evil” the ability to do so – and accuses other countries.
The Kremlin has called the reports of an alleged pro-Ukrainian group behind the attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines untrustworthy. “As for the pro-Ukrainian ‘Doctor Evil’, who is said to have organized all this, it’s hard to believe,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told the Interfax news agency. Few intelligence agencies could accomplish such a task, he added.
Rather, Peskow renewed the accusation against the United States and Great Britain. “You see that the Anglo-Saxons, who we talked about from the beginning, are getting busy. They have a lot of difficulties in relations with the Germans because of the terrorist attack, that’s obvious,” said Peskov. Shortly after the attack, Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin blamed the “Anglo-Saxons” – that is, the British and the Americans. However, Russia, whose relations with the West are deeply shattered mainly because of the war against Ukraine, is itself considered a possible suspect. After all, at the time of the blast, the country had already stopped supplying gas to Europe through the Baltic Sea.
At the end of September there were underwater explosions on the Baltic Sea pipeline, which runs from Russia to Germany. Both strands of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline and one strand of Nord Stream 2 suffered a leak. According to investigators, an act of sabotage is responsible for the explosion. ARD, SWR and “Zeit” had recently reported that a group consisting of six people rented a ship and probably then transported the explosives to the pipelines in the Baltic Sea. Two of the people have Ukrainian passports. However, a connection to government agencies cannot be established