Within the coming days, the Stockholm prosecutor’s workplace plans to announce the termination of the investigation into the explosions on the Nord Stream pipelines that occurred in September 2022.
This was reported by the German Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ), NDR, WDR, and Zeit.
The announcement is anticipated to be made by prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist.
SZ notes that on Monday, he advised the newspaper Expressen about an upcoming “new growth” within the investigation, however it’s unclear what this entails.
German media write that the choice to cease the investigation could also be associated to Sweden’s failure to seek out particular suspects throughout the kingdom.
Nevertheless, for the investigation being carried out by Germany, this could possibly be helpful, as Stockholm will hand over the collected supplies to Berlin. German authorities have confirmed that they proceed the investigation.
Based on SZ, the German police and prosecutor’s workplace want elements of the destroyed pipes that the Swedish aspect faraway from the scene.
Traces of explosives from the pipes shall be in contrast with these discovered on the yacht “Andromeda”. Based on one model, it was used within the crime scheme.
The truth that this yacht was used to move explosives to the location of the explosion – close to the Danish island of Bornholm – was reported by Zeit, ARD, and several other different Western media.
Based on their data, the yacht was rented by a gaggle of six Ukrainians. Poland, which can also be investigating the incident, referred to as them vacationers.
President Vladimir Putin stated that the “Anglo-Saxons” have been concerned within the Nord Stream sabotage. In March 2023, he referred to as the model {that a} group of Ukrainians did it “nonsense”, as such an assault would require “specialists, furthermore supported by the complete energy of a state that possesses sure applied sciences”.
In December final yr, the Russian president acknowledged that the US could possibly be concerned within the assault. The likelihood that Russia may have organized the sabotage was excluded by him. The Russian Ministry of Protection claimed Britain’s involvement within the assault, however London rejected these accusations.