MOSCOW, November 11. /TASS/. Russian Presidential Aide and Maritime Board Chairman Nikolay Patrushev has warned of the possibility of new terrorist attacks by the US and the UK similar to the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines.

"According to available information, the Americans and the British consider the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines as one of many methods of promoting their economic interests. New infrastructure, including offshore fiber-optic cables that provide communications around the world, may come under their attack," the presidential aide told Kommersant.

On September 27, 2022, Nord Stream AG reported "unprecedented damage" on three strings of the offshore gas pipelines of the Nord Stream system. Later, Swedish seismologists said they had identified two explosions on the route of the Nord Stream pipelines on September 26, 2022. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov then said that Moscow had no doubt that the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines was carried out with the US support. Following the incident, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office initiated a criminal case on charges of international terrorism.