White House: Blog post on Nord Stream pipeline explosions ‘completely false’

THE White House announced today that the article posted on the blog of American investigative journalist Seymour Hers, which claims that the United States was behind the Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions “it is absolutely false and a complete figment of the imagination.”

Reuters was unable to confirm the article published by American investigative journalist Seymour Hers, who said the attack was carried out under the direction of President Joe Biden.

“This is completely false and a complete figment of the imagination,” said Adrienne Watson, spokeswoman for the White House National Security Council. The same statement was made by a representative of the State Department.

Russia: US must answer questions about Nord Stream pipeline explosions

Russia’s foreign ministry said earlier that the United States must answer questions about its role in the undersea gas pipeline explosions. Nord Stream.

Commenting on the published report that the United States was involved in the explosions, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called on the White House to comment on the “Facts” which the publication in question presents.

Moscow, without providing evidence, has repeatedly said the West was behind the explosions that affected the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines last September, a multibillion-dollar infrastructure project that transported natural gas from Russia to Germany undersea via the Baltic Sea.

Western officials have rejected these accusations.

“The White House must now comment on all these events,” Zakharova said in a post on her page on the messaging app Telegram summarizing Hearst’s most significant claims about US involvement in the blasts.

Investigators from Sweden and Denmark – in whose territorial waters the explosions took place – have said the rifts were the result of sabotage, but have not said who they believe was responsible.

Russia has stated that the countries “they have something to hide” and that is why they deliberately exclude Russia from the investigations.

Construction of Nord Stream 2, designed to double the amount of natural gas Russia could send directly undersea, was completed in September 2021, but never came into operation. after Berlin decertified the pipeline just days before Russia sent troops into Ukraine last February.

Source: News Beast

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