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Biden and Putin and their respective governments have not directly blamed each other for the explosions at the Nord Stream pipelines, but indirect allegations are being made (Image: Reuters)
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970, said in a blog post on Wednesday, citing an unnamed source, that US Navy divers had destroyed the pipelines with explosives on the orders of President Joe Biden.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said late Saturday that NATO should convene an emergency meeting to discuss recent findings about the September explosions at the Nord Stream gas pipelines.
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1970, said in a blog post on Wednesday, citing an unnamed source, that US Navy divers had destroyed the pipelines with explosives on the orders of President Joe Biden.
The White House dismissed as “absolutely false and complete fiction” that the United States was behind the explosion of the Nord Stream gas pipelines, which send Russian gas to Germany.
Sweden and Denmark, in whose exclusive economic zones the explosions occurred, have concluded that the pipelines were blown up intentionally, but have not said who may be responsible.
The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization called the incident “an act of sabotage”. Moscow has blamed the West for the unexplained explosions that caused the breakdown. Neither side has given evidence.
“There are more than enough facts here: the explosion of the pipeline, the presence of a motive, circumstantial evidence,” Zakharova said on the Telegram messaging platform.
“So when will there be an emergency NATO summit to review the situation?”
NATO did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
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