Zakharova called on the West to respond to Russia’s requests for Nord Stream

The West should respond to Russia’s official requests to undermine the Nord Stream, and not allow leaks in the information field. This statement was made by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova.

“Instead of leaks, the Western regimes involved in the incident should respond to official requests from the Russian side and, at a minimum, take into consideration the materials of the journalistic investigation. [журналиста Сеймура] Hersh, without replacing them with anonymous stuffing, ” wrote She is in her Telegram channel.

According to Zakharova, leaks in the media are needed in order to “divert the attention of the audience from the facts.” She noted that stuffing is allowed by those “who do not want to conduct an investigation in the legal field.”

On March 7, The New York Times, citing American officials reportedthat new intelligence points to the involvement of some pro-Ukrainian group in the attack on Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. At the same time, the newspaper writes, the United States has no evidence that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky or any of the Ukrainian officials were involved in the sabotage. It is also emphasized that the United States has no data on Russia’s participation in the operation.

Later German newspaper Zeit reportedthat the German investigation found a vessel that could have participated in the sabotage. According to the publication, traces also lead to Ukraine.

Prior to this, the investigation of the incident on the pipelines published American journalist Seymour Hersh. He claimed that the United States and Norway were involved in the undermining. The US and the EU called Hersh’s information unreliable, to which the Kremlin announced the unwillingness of Western countries to transparently investigate this case.

Earlier, the Russian authorities have repeatedly drawn attention to the fact that Russia is not allowed to participate in the investigation of the incident at Nord Stream. At the same time, Western countries are not conducting a full-fledged investigation into this incident, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in December 2022.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at a meeting of G20 foreign ministers in India on March 2 urged to conduct an “honest and prompt” investigation into the Nord Stream bombing. He stressed that Russia should participate in the proceedings, which the European countries did not allow to be investigated.