On Monday, the Copenhagen police concluded their investigation into the 2022 explosions that occurred to Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeline. They identified the circumstances as “deliberate sabotage” but concluded that there were insufficient grounds to pursue a criminal case tied to the incidents.
Earlier in February, Swedish prosecutors announced the termination of their investigation into the very same explosions, stating that Sweden did not possess the jurisdiction. An investigation is currently still ongoing in Germany.
Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, expressed his disbelief at the termination of the investigation, deeming it “dumbfounding and bordering upon the absurd”, according to the Russian state-owned news agency TASS. He insisted that Russia would persist its own investigation into the potential sabotage of the pipeline.
In November, The Washington Post reported that Roman Chervinsky, a Ukrainian colonel, orchestrated the attacks on the Nord Stream pipeline, with the US being aware of the plot. However, Chervinsky’s attorney refused his involvement in the attack on the pipeline. An independent, international investigation suggested by Russia failed to pass in the UN Security Council, as indicated in this proposal.
In September 2022, seven months after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Nord AG, the organization responsible for the Nord Stream pipeline — a natural gas pipeline linking Vyborg, Russia and Greifswald, Germany — registered a pressure drop in the pipeline which was later identified as a rupture.