US rejects accusations of undermining Nord Stream

The United States rejects accusations of blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines and leaves the investigation to the countries in whose jurisdiction the incident occurred. This was stated by State Department spokesman Ned Price.

Recall that American journalist Seymour Hersh previously published an investigative article in which he accused the US administration and the Norwegian authorities of sabotage on pipelines.

Price called it “pure disinformation.”

“It’s pure disinformation that the US is behind what happened with Nord Stream.”Price said during the briefing.

He argued his position by the fact that the explosions did not take place on the territory of the United States. Price urged those countries on whose territory the state of emergency happened to speak out on this topic.

Earlier, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh stated in his article that US President Joe Biden decided to undermine Nord Stream because of fear of Germany’s withdrawal from the sanctions regime against Russia.

The Nord Stream gas pipelines were attacked on 26 September. Germany, Denmark and Sweden have stated that they do not rule out targeted sabotage. At the same time, representatives of Russia were not allowed to participate in the investigation for a long time.

President Vladimir Putin said that what happened is an act of international terrorism, in which the Anglo-Saxons are involved.

Compensation for damage to Nord Stream was estimated at 17 billion euros. On the fact of the incidents in Russia, a criminal case was opened on the commission of an act of international terrorism.