Russia Calls for Urgent UN Security Council Session on Nord Stream Sabotage

Russia has requested an urgent United Nations Security Council meeting regarding the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022, which will take place late on the evening of August 26.

Nord Stream Sabotage in 2022

The sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines has returned to the news agenda following the detention in Italy of Ukrainian citizen Sergey Kuznetsov, suspected of involvement in organizing the explosions.

Detention of Sergey Kuznetsov in Italy

The appellate court in Bologna, Italy, approved the arrest and ordered detention in Rimini. The question of Kuznetsov’s extradition to Germany, which issued the arrest warrant, will be reconsidered on September 3.

During the court proceedings, Kuznetsov denied guilt and claimed that he was in Ukraine at the time of the incident. Earlier, Italian newspaper La Stampa reported that Kuznetsov might also be connected to an explosion on an oil tanker off the Ligurian Sea coast in February of this year.