The terrorist attack on "Nord Stream" made Germany and other European countries an appendage of the US in economics, finance and energy. This was stated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in an interview for the documentary "MGIMO 80", quoted by TASS.
"Now everyone is hearing about the terrorist attack against the "Nordic Streams", which Europe silently and obediently swallowed, although it hinders the development of Germany and, to a large extent, other European countries,", noted Lavrov.
"The times are like this: everyone listens to the hegemon in the hope that he will protect them. He takes from you, even if you are an ally, only what he needs and then discards it as already spent material, the minister pointed out. Everyone understands that this system of international relations, which still contains an extremely negative tendency led by the Anglo-Saxons, has outlived its usefulness. But she doesn't want to die."
According to him, the West does not want to move to equal relations.
"After five centuries of domination by seizing foreign lands, exterminating indigenous populations in North America, Africa and other parts of the world, the West has become accustomed to living by colonial approaches. Now he wants to do this using neo-colonial methods," said the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry.
The Russian ambassador to Germany, Sergey Nechaev, said earlier that a very serious precedent would be set if the attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines. and "Nord Stream 2" go unpunished.
"This is an act of terrorism targeting critical energy infrastructure in Europe. In this case, enormous damage was done not only to Germany and Russia, but also to the European economy. We need to know the truth", insisted Nechaev.
At the same time, he called for an "honest investigation", noting that if this could not be ensured at the national level, then an independent international investigation involving the Russian Federation was needed.
Responding to the question of who could be behind the explosion of pipelines, the diplomat called for thinking about "who benefits from this".
According to Russia, Germany is obstructing the investigation into the "Nord Stream", it became clear at the beginning of October. Germany intervenes in attempts to establish all the circumstances of the explosions of the "Nord Stream" and "Nord Stream 2". This was stated by the Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN, Vasily Nebenzya.
According to the Russian diplomat, the investigation by the German authorities, as well as the completed investigations by Denmark and Sweden, were "absolutely opaque".
At the end of September "Spiegel" wrote that, according to its investigation, there is evidence that the Ukrainian army approved the sabotage against the "Nord Stream".
The sabotage of the "Nord Stream" two years ago, it was authorized by the then commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army Valery Zaluzhny. The operation was planned and led by former Ukrainian intelligence officer Roman Chervinsky.
The sabotage team consisted of several Ukrainian divers, almost all civilians.
President Volodymyr Zelensky was not informed in advance. Zelensky has always denied his government's involvement in the sabotage operations. The operation in the Baltic Sea cost about US$300,000 and was privately financed, but was presented to Zaluzhnyi for approval.
No one has claimed responsibility for the blasts, which came seven months after Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine. Moscow - without providing evidence - has repeatedly said the attack was carried out by the United States and Britain, both of which deny the allegations.
In August, German prosecutors said they had issued an arrest warrant for a Ukrainian diving instructor in Poland in connection with the attacks.
Polish prosecutors said they had received the German warrant, but the suspect had already left the country because Berlin had not included his name in a wanted-persons database.