The Russian Federation has officially filed pre-trial claims against Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland as part of the investigation into the undermining of the Nord Stream pipelines.
This was announced by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry Maria Zakharova. She explained that the lawsuits were brought on the basis of the International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings of 1997 and the International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism of 1999.
The speaker admitted that the list of defendant states is not final and may soon expand. And if the issue is not resolved in the pre-trial order, Moscow will turn to the UN International Court of Justice.
“Denmark and Sweden, in whose exclusive economic zones the explosions were recorded, quickly shut down their investigations without publishing the results. According to their statement, the results of the investigation were handed over to Germany,” the statement said.
The diplomat called the gas pipeline bombings a “blatant act of international terrorism” that falls under a number of international treaties obliging to prevent and investigate such incidents.
“Unfortunately, we see that these obligations are not fulfilled, despite repeated appeals of the Russian Federation,” Zakharova complained.
Recall that the explosions on the “Nord Stream” and not put into operation “Nord Stream-2” occurred on September 26, 2022. In February 2024 Sweden and Denmark reported the termination of the investigation.
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