Washington Post: No Conclusive Evidence Russia Is Behind Nord Stream Attack

No conclusive evidence Russia is behind Nord Stream attack  

Washington Post: No conclusive evidence Russia is behind Nord Stream attack 

After explosions in late September severely damaged undersea pipelines built to carry natural gas from Russia to Europe, world leaders quickly blamed Moscow for a brazen and dangerous act of sabotage. With winter approaching, it appeared the Kremlin intended to strangle the flow of energy to millions across the continent, an act of “blackmail,” some leaders said, designed to threaten countries into withdrawing their financial and military support for Ukraine. 

But now, after months of investigation, numerous officials privately say that Russia may not be to blame after all for the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines. 

 “There is no evidence at this point that Russia was behind the sabotage,” said one European official, echoing the assessment of 23 diplomatic and intelligence officials in nine countries interviewed in recent weeks.  

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WNU Editor: Russian media is playing up this Washington Post story .... No evidence Russia is behind Nord Stream blasts – WaPo (RT). More here .... No evidence of Russia behind Nord Stream attack — newspaper (TASS). 

As to what is my take.

Russia's Gazprom spent 10 years and $23 billion dollars to build these pipelines with the expectation that almost $1 trillion will be earned over the course of the lifetime of these pipelines. So yes. I will admit that I have trouble understanding the logic from those who say that Russia is the one who is responsible for blowing up their own gas pipelines. I mean .... they could have simply closed the taps.

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