MOSCOW, October 6. /TASS/. Russia will continue to lobby for its representatives to be included in the investigation into the acts of sabotage at the Nord Stream pipelines, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said at a briefing on Thursday.
"On our part, we view the actions on damaging the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines as an intentional act of sabotage against a very important facility of Russian infrastructure and will strive for a comprehensive open investigation with the participation of members of Russian authorized agencies and, of course, Gazprom," she said.
According to the diplomat, only under these conditions can the investigation’s result be considered accurate and objective. "If the West, as usual, won't give access to owners, won't submit facts, conceals the facts and an emphasis is put on supervised media outlets and manipulated data such as leaks and unnamed sources then it is clear what this investigation will lead to. It will lead to nothing," the spokeswoman stressed.
Deliveries via Nord Stream were stopped completely in early September until the oil leaks were fixed in a gas compressor unit at the Portovaya station. According to Siemens, such oil leaks could only be fully repaired at a specialized maintenance facility.
Four gas leaks were discovered last week on the Nord Stream gas link, with the most recent one pinpointed by Sweden’s coast guard. Earlier, the Nord Stream AG company reported that three threads of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 offshore gas pipelines had suffered unprecedented damage on September 26. Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov stated that Moscow was "deeply concerned about the news" and did not rule out that the pipelines’ operation could have been disrupted by an act of sabotage. Swedish seismologists later revealed that two explosions had been recorded along the Nord Stream pipelines on September 26. The Danish Energy Agency reported that a large amount of gas had spilled into the sea.