Russia owned and operated the Nord Stream pipelines it practically strong-armed the full European continent using the ability it wielded over the 2 major pipelines so last month when blast struck the 2 Nord Stream pipelines Russia was furious yet European countries The us and every one other backers of Ukraine subtly pushed the idea of Russia rebuke its own pipelines Moscow put the blame on the West specifically on the u. and therefore the UK and now Russia wants to be a part of the multinational investigation that's underway to establish what led to the pipelines being blown up, but the West is continuously blocking Russia's participation in such investigations, so you have a situation where the country accused of reproval its own pipelines is offering help in investigation and practically saying that no investigation will reveal the total picture without its participation simultaneously countries accusing Russia of the sabotage of preventing it from joining the investigations what does that indicate on the Nord Stream operator said they were unable to examine the damaged sections thanks to restrictions imposed by Danish and Swedish authorities effectively the operators of the pipeline that have just been blown up weren't allowed to examine the location of blasts by Denmark and Sweden both the countries have reportedly cordoned off the world the leaks occurred in their exclusive economic zones Russia then came out and said that it had been informed via diplomatic channels that there have been no plans to ask Moscow to affix an investigation into N stream gas leaks Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov added that it absolutely was unacceptable to conduct an objective investigation without Moscow's participation meanwhile Maria Zakharova spokeswoman of the Russia spokeswoman of the Russian foreign ministry said, and that I quote to not allow the owner to investigating means there's something to cover from him, she added that Moscow would enforce a comprehensive and open investigation that has Russian officials and Gazprom there's some worrying news for whoever sabotaged the pipelines with the aim of permanently crippling Russia's ability to leverage them against Europe Moscow has said it can restart supply of fossil fuel to Germany and its neighbors via an undamaged section of the north stream two pipeline Russia's Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said that while a string of north stream two was damaged thanks to sabotage Moscow could still supply Europe gas if that is what countries within the bloc wanted talking to reporters Novak said, and that i quote As for the second string it's ready fully built and if the required legal decisions are made by our European colleagues regarding certification and removal of restrictions i think that Russia would offer adequate supplies through this string of the gas pipeline in an exceedingly short time while Europe is obstructing Russia out of the north stream sabotage investigations the us is looking to participate within the inquiry and help Europe with its technology Washington has reportedly offered to use its most advanced underwater sound reading capabilities to research audio recordings from round the time of the sabotage the u. s. had the foremost to realize out of the north stream pipelines being destroyed and Russia had the foremost to lose, but Russia is that the one getting blocked out of investigations.
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