Copenhagen police on Monday concluded their investigation into the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipeline explosions from 2022. Police concluded there was “deliberate sabotage” but declared there was insufficient evidence to pursue a criminal case in connection with the incident. Police also said they would not comment further on the investigation.
In early February, the Swedish public prosecutor’s office also announced that it had concluded that Sweden lacked jurisdiction and had suspended its investigation into the explosion. Germany is currently conducting its own investigation.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov called the closure of the investigation “stunning and bordering on absurdity,” according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency. He stressed that Russia will continue its own investigation into possible sabotage of the pipeline.
The Washington Post reported in November that Ukrainian Colonel Roman Chervinsky coordinated the attack on the Nord Stream pipeline and that the Biden administration was aware of the plan. Mr. Chervinsky’s lawyer denied his involvement in the pipeline attack. Russia’s proposal for an independent international investigation was not passed by the UN Security Council.
The Nord Stream Pipeline is a natural gas pipeline connecting Vyborg, Russia, and Greifswald, Germany. In September 2022, approximately seven months after Russia began its invasion of Ukraine, Nord AG recorded a pressure drop in a natural gas pipeline that was later determined to be due to a rupture in the pipeline.
