Nord Stream, Russia returns to investigate pipeline sabotage

After the UN Security Council failed to approve Russia's and China-sponsored resolution calling for an international investigation into the sabotage of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2, Moscow's ambassador to the UN, Dmitriy Polyansky, said the United States and its allies have yet to provide convincing evidence and facts of their non-involvement in the sabotage sabotage of gas pipelines, which occurred at the end of September 2022.

The question of the investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline is not closed and Russia will deal with it again, said Russia's First Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dmitriy Polyansky on Thursday.

“The question of the investigation is not closed for us, and we will return to it in an appropriate form and at an appropriate time if the situation does not change,” Polyansky said on Telegram, adding that the topic “remains predictably uncomfortable for Westerners ", who are clearly nervous answering Russia's questions. Western representatives at the UN Security Council are urging Denmark, Germany and Sweden not to rush their domestic investigations, the Russian official said.

“However, not all Security Council members think so: many of them are puzzled by the fact that the Germans and Scandinavians are not hurrying and have not yet shared information with the Security Council on the progress of their investigations. It could also be a matter of disrespect to the Security Council, which has clearly asked all three countries to step up,” Polyansky said.

"There appears to be a growing understanding of our position, which already blatantly isolates Westerners in the eyes of most UN members."Polyanskiy also noted that the sabotage could only have been carried out with direct state support, adding that media versions of "self-organized Ukrainians, presumably not even directly connected to the regime of Ukrainian President Zelensky" are preposterous.

The United States and its allies have yet to provide convincing evidence and facts of their non-involvement in the sabotage, he said.The latest remarks come as media reports detailing that several European intelligence agencies were aware of Ukraine's intent to destroy the Nord Stream pipelines, and that the United States was aware of the developments, despite later claims that Russia was responsible for the accident.

Russia has repeatedly refused to play a role in the destruction of Nord Stream, condemning the sabotage as an "act of international terrorism". Earlier, Russia had proposed a resolution to the UN Security Council to launch an independent investigation; however, the measure was rejected.