Damage to the natural gas pipelines will bring nothing but ruin for both Russia and EU, says spokesperson Dmitry Peskov

Moscow has denounced as “stupid and absurd” any allegations of it being behind the suspected explosions of the Nord Stream natural gas pipelines earlier this week, stating that the incident actually creates many issues for Russia.

Speaking to journalists on Wednesday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov explained that the damage to the pipelines posed a “big problem” for Russia as it had essentially lost its gas supply routes to Europe.

Both lines of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline were pumped full of gas and were prepared to deliver it to Europe at the time of the alleged explosion, said Peskov, adding that “this gas is very expensive and now it is all going up in the air.”

Peskov also noted that neither Russia nor Europe had anything to gain from the destruction of the pipelines, especially Germany, for which this incident poses a threat to the future development of its industry, as well as its profitability and competitiveness.

American LNG suppliers, on the other hand, have been making incredible profits after having multiplied their deliveries to the European continent, Peskov pointed out, adding that these companies are “very interested in maintaining these super-duper profits in the future.”

While no suspects behind the incident have officially been named, the Kremlin spokesperson advised against making any official announcements before a proper investigation into the incident is carried out.


Peskov did, however, draw attention to US President Joe Biden’s statements from early February, when the American leader threatened to “bring an end” to Nord Stream 2. “What the US president meant by that, we don’t know,” admitted the Kremlin official, but highlighted the “borderline insane hysterical-euphoric reaction” of Polish officials who have already thanked Washington for sabotaging the pipeline.

The Kremlin’s response comes after some European and Kiev officials, including President Vladimir Zelensky’s adviser Mikhail Podolyak, suggested that the attack on the pipeline was a “false flag” operation carried out by Russia in order to make Ukraine look bad and to further drive energy prices up in the EU.

However, after the former Polish FM publicly thanked the US for the apparent sabotage on Twitter, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Maria Zakharova urged the EU to treat the US as the possible culprit behind the attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines. She said Moscow would call for a UN Security Council session over the incident.


A number of Western nations have repeatedly opposed Russia’s undersea pipelines delivering gas to Europe, both before and after Moscow launched its military operation in Ukraine. The recently built Nord Stream 2 network, which never went into operation due to Germany’s refusal to certify it, has drawn particular opposition from countries like the US and Poland, which has called for the pipeline to be “totally scrapped.”


Source: Rtnews

U.S did it and I believe this Poland too knows about it.

But Europe mumu sha.

alcuin:
But Europe mumu sha.

Looks like it now but long-term, they'll be glad. Russia cannot keep holding them hostage because of gas. They will go through the rough patch and chart a new cause for themselves. Those protesting against their countries to end sanctions on Russia will have nothing to protest about now that the leverage of Russia is gone.

alcuin:
But Europe mumu sha.

for now ,but when they get alternative to Russia gas which they are already exploring ,Russia will be d biggest loser

haaryobhami:
for now ,but when they get alternative to Russia gas which they are already exploring ,Russia will be d biggest loser

how will Russia be the biggest loser? There are other markets(China and India alone don swallow the whole EU), Russia’s gas is cheap na why Germany dey buy am, EU will pay x10 for the same cheap gas they get from Russian, when they buy from USA..
under contract Germany will still pay for the gas regardless, supplied or not…. USA gains from this and Germany is mother of all loser.
Russia own the gas, no be say dem buy am, gas never dry from the source…
Where will Germany get fast alternatives ? The other day Olaf went to UAE to negotiate a gas deal, read up wetin he bring come home, before den he don go Qatar oh, those one give am condition not to resell their gas,Russian gas is the cheapest in the global market, even Saudi Arabia buy their gas and resell in the global markets. Y’all think Russia na Iran, Venezuela or North Korea, when nature bless you with those massive resources, you’ll always be a force to reckon with in the world. Ordinary sanctions wey dem knack Russia, the whole world dey feel am. Iran , Venezuela and North Korea has been under sanctions for ages, na only dem Dey feel the pain, even those western leaders wey Dey talk say dem boycott Russian oil still buy it indirectly,….Germany will survive this winter, how about the next winter.