{"id":1665513,"date":"2022-09-29T21:50:09","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T01:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665513"},"modified":"2022-09-29T21:52:19","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T01:52:19","slug":"russia-says-nord-stream-likely-hit-by-state-backed-terrorism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-says-nord-stream-likely-hit-by-state-backed-terrorism\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia says Nord Stream likely hit by state-backed \u2018terrorism\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-says-nord-stream-likely-hit-by-state-backed-terrorism%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1665513&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>By Sabine Siebold and Charlotte Van Campenhout<\/p>\n<p>MOSCOW\/BRUSSELS (Reuters) \u2013     Russia said on Thursday that leaks spewing gas into the Baltic Sea from pipelines to Germany appeared to be the result of state-sponsored \u201cterrorism\u201d, as an EU official said the incident had fundamentally changed the nature of the conflict in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\">\n<\/div>\n<p>The European Union is investigating the cause of the leaks in the Gazprom-led Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines and has said it suspects sabotage was behind the damage off the coasts of Denmark and Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>Four days after the leaks were first spotted, it remains unclear who might be behind any attack on the pipelines that Russia and European partners spent billions of dollars building.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis looks like an act of terrorism, possibly on a state level,\u201d Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding: \u201cIt is very difficult to imagine that such an act of a terrorism could have happened without the involvement of a state of some kind\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Russia also said the United States stood to benefit, in a war of words with the West over who was responsible. Moscow has previously said the leaks occurred in territory that is \u201cfully under the control\u201d of U.S. intelligence agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told a news briefing Washington would be able to boost its liquefied natural gas (LNG) sales if the pipelines were put out of use.<\/p>\n<p>But U.S. news channel CNN, citing three sources, reported that European security officials had observed Russian navy support ships and submarines not far from the leaks.<\/p>\n<p>Asked to comment on the CNN report, Peskov said there had been a much larger NATO presence in the area.<\/p>\n<p>Zakharova called for an EU investigation to be \u201cobjective\u201d, and said Washington would have to \u201cexplain itself\u201d \u2013 a reference to President Joe Biden\u2019s comment in February that, if Russia invaded Ukraine, \u201cthere will no longer be a Nord Stream 2\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The White House has dismissed Russian allegations that it was responsible for the damage to Nord Stream and Biden\u2019s comments were referring to efforts at the time to secure certification to bring Nord Stream 2 into commercial use. <\/p>\n<p>Leaks from the Nord Stream 1 pipeline are likely to be stopped on Monday, the pipeline\u2019s operator told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p>But the spokesperson for Nord Stream AG said it was not possible to give any forecasts for the pipeline\u2019s future operation until the damage had been assessed.<\/p>\n<p>Russia had halted deliveries via Nord Stream 1, saying Western sanctions had hampered operations.<\/p>\n<p>While neither pipeline was supplying gas to Europe when the leaks were first detected, both had gas in them.<\/p>\n<p>Map: Leaks reported from Russian Nord Stream pipelines    https:\/\/graphics.reuters.com\/UKRAINE-CRISIS\/ENERGY\/xmpjozoewvr\/leakage-map.jpg    <\/p>\n<p>\u2018ROBUST RESPONSE\u2019<\/p>\n<p>EU leaders will discuss the ramifications of the damage next week at a summit in Prague, an EU official said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe strategic infrastructure in the entire EU has to be protected,\u201d the EU official in Brussels said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis changes fundamentally the nature of the conflict as we have seen it so far, just like the mobilisation \u2026 and the possible annexation,\u201d the EU official said, referring to Russia\u2019s mobilising of more troops for the war and expectations President Vladimir Putin will annex Ukrainian regions.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s war with Ukraine and the resulting energy standoff between Moscow and Europe, which has left the EU scrambling to find alternative gas supplies, are set to dominate the EU summit on Oct. 7.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union on Wednesday warned of a \u201crobust and united response\u201d should there be more attacks and stressed the need to protect its energy infrastructure, but EU officials have avoided pointing a figure directly at possible perpetrators.<\/p>\n<p>Next week, EU leaders will discuss an eighth sanctions package on Russia which European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen has proposed, including tighter trade restrictions, more blacklistings and an oil price cap for third countries.<\/p>\n<p>The EU official said he expected the 27-nation bloc to agree parts of the sanctions package before the summit, such as the blacklisting of additional individuals and some of the trade restrictions with regard to steel and technology.<\/p>\n<p>Other topics such as the oil price cap or the sanctioning of banks may not be solved before the summit, he added.<\/p>\n<p>EU states need unanimity to impose sanctions and Hungary\u2019s prime minister Viktor Orban has been a vocal critic, saying sanctions have \u201cbackfired\u201d, driving up energy prices and dealing a blow to European economies.<\/p>\n<p> (Writing by Alexander Smith; Editing by Elaine Hardcastle and Edmund Blair)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/russia-says-nord-stream\/attachment\/gas-leak-from-nord-stream-1-in-the-baltic-sea\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0KX-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0KX-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/russia-says-nord-stream\/attachment\/gas-leak-from-nord-stream-2-in-the-baltic-sea\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0KY-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0KY-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/russia-says-nord-stream\/attachment\/file-photo-pipes-at-the-landfall-facilities-of-the-nord\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0JF-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0JF-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/russia-says-nord-stream\/attachment\/european-union-flags-flutter-outside-the-eu-commission-headquarters-in\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0BF-BASEIMAGE.jpg\" alt=\"tagreuters.com2022binary_LYNXMPEI8S0BF-BASEIMAGE\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Sabine Siebold and Charlotte Van Campenhout MOSCOW\/BRUSSELS (Reuters) \u2013 Russia said on Thursday that leaks spewing gas into the Baltic Sea from pipelines to Germany appeared to be the<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":1889374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1665513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_finder_url":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/russia-says-nord-stream\/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=russia-says-nord-stream","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665513","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/66"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1665513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1665513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1665513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1665513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1665513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}