MOSCOW — Moscow said Wednesday it should be
part of the probe into leaks on the
Nord Stream gas pipelines, after Sweden
blocked off the area around the pipelines pending an investigation.
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“There should really be an investigation. Naturally,
with the participation of Russia,” Russian deputy foreign minister Sergei
Vershinin said, as quoted by a Russian news agencies.
Four leaks were discovered last week on the Nord
Stream pipelines connecting Russia to Germany, raising political tensions
already sky high since the Kremlin sent troops to Ukraine in February.
On Friday, the UN Security Council held a meeting on
the issue.
Vershinin told the assembly that “the general
opinion was that this was sabotage and that it should be investigated” but that
“no decision had been made” on an international probe.
Last Wednesday, Russia launched an “international
terrorism” investigation.
Kremlin spokesman
Dmitry Peskov said such a probe
“required the cooperation of several countries”.
He denounced an “acute shortage of communications
and unwillingness of many countries to contact” Russia.
On Monday, Sweden blocked off the area around the
pipeline leaks in the Baltic Sea while the suspected sabotage was being
investigated.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has accused the
West of being behind the blasts.
Russia’s Security Council chief Nikolai Patrushev
said Wednesday that “it is clear that the United States is the beneficiary,
primarily economic” of the leaks.
Both Moscow and Washington have denied involvement.
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