February 5, 2024
Swedish prosecutor announces early "decision" in the case of sabotage by Nord Streams
Mats Ljungqvist did not comment on whether it was the termination of the investigation or the opening of criminal proceedings
The Swedish prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist, who is investigating the sabotage case of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines in Sweden, will make a decision shortly. This is reported by the newspaper Expressen.
"I can't say whether it will be tomorrow, Wednesday or Thursday, but the decision is definitely close," he told the newspaper.
The prosecutor has not yet commented on whether it is the termination of the investigation or the initiation of criminal proceedings. The Swedish investigation is being conducted in close cooperation with the German public prosecutor's office.
On the 27th In September 2022, Nord Stream AG reported "unprecedented damage" the previous day "on three strands of the offshore pipelines Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2". Swedish seismologists registered on the 26th. September two explosions on the offshore routes of the pipelines. The Russian Prosecutor General's Office initiated proceedings for an international terrorist attack after damaging the gas pipelines.
On the 8th In February 2023, the US publicist Seymour Hersh wrote in his article that the explosive devices under the gas pipelines were installed in June 2022 by divers of the US Navy with the support of Norwegian specialists. Later, the New York Times reported, citing US officials, that the sabotage of the gas pipelines could have been carried out by a "pro-Ukrainian group" that acted without the knowledge of the US government.
Ljungqvist told TASS that the Swedish prosecutor's office does not yet see the need to cooperate with Russia in this case. According to him, the Swedish preliminary investigation does not focus on who committed the sabotage, but on excluding that Sweden was used in any way as a platform for this sabotage.
Translation from the Russian news agency TASS