Gas bubbles from the Nord Stream 2 leak reaching surface of the Baltic Sea in the area shows disturbance of well over one kilometre diameter near Bornholm, Denmark, September 27, 2022.
Danish Defence Command/Handout via REUTERS/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNov 21 (Reuters) - Russia is waiting for the outcome of an investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines before making any request for compensation, the RIA state news agency cited a foreign ministry official as saying on Tuesday.
The pipelines under the Baltic Sea were damaged in explosions last year, and investigations have yet to establish who was responsible.
Russia has blamed the United States, Britain, and Ukraine for the blasts which largely cut it off from the lucrative European market.
The United Nations Security Council has refused to carry out its own investigation into the incident, leaving it to the governments of Sweden, Denmark and Germany.
Persons:
Dmitry Birichevsky, Mark Trevelyan
Organizations:
Danish Defence Command, REUTERS, United Nations, Security, United Nations Security Council, Reuters, Thomson
Locations:
Baltic, Bornholm, Denmark, Russia, Nord, United States, Britain, Ukraine, Sweden, Germany