The Russian Federation has officially filed pre-trial claims against Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Switzerland as part of the investigation into the Nord Stream explosions.
This was stated to RIA Novosti by the official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova. She explained that the lawsuits were filed on the basis of the 1997 International Convention for the Suppression of Terrorist Bombings and the 1999 International Convention for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism.
The speaker admitted that the list of respondent states is not final and may soon expand. And if the issue is not resolved in a pre-trial order, Moscow will appeal to the UN International Court of Justice.
"Denmark and Sweden, in whose exclusive economic zones explosions were recorded, quickly curtailed their investigations without publishing the results. According to their statement, the results of the investigation were transferred to Germany," the statement said.
The diplomat called the explosions of gas pipelines "a blatant act of international terrorism," which falls under a number of international treaties obliging to prevent and investigate such incidents.
"Unfortunately, we see that these obligations are not being fulfilled, despite repeated appeals from the Russian Federation," Zakharova complained.
Recall that the explosions on the Nord Stream and the not commissioned Nord Stream-2 occurred on September 26, 2022. In February 2024, Sweden and Denmark announced the termination of the investigation.
Earlier, EADaily published a story about who actually blew up Nord Stream.