Russian President Vladimir Putin referred to these attacks as “international terrorist acts” and denounced such actions, amid a flurry of accusations being traded between various international parties regarding who is to blame for the leak in the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines in the Baltic Sea.
The Kremlin leader said on Thursday that the incident was an unprecedented act of sabotage during a phone chat with his Turkish counterpart, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
He emphasised that this incident constitutes international terrorism, as stated in a statement by the Kremlin.
On the other hand, the conversation included energy-related cooperation between Moscow and Ankara in the context of enforcing agreements for the delivery of Russian natural gas to Turkey and the joint building of the Akkuyu nuclear power station.
These events occurred as a result of the recent, intense international tension as well as the significant gas leak that occurred in the Baltic Sea’s Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.
The European Union has stated that it believes the leak of gas from Russian pipelines under the sea into Europe is the result of an act of sabotage and has pledged a resolute response to any intentional interruption of energy infrastructure.
Moscow, however, observed that the mishap benefited the United States, noting that the leak in the “Northern Stream” wires happened in a region under the authority of American intelligence.
In contrast, Adrian Watson, a spokeswoman for the White House’s National Security Council, responded to the Russian charge by saying that it was ridiculous for Russia to suggest that the United States would be to blame for the leak.
The fact that these two pipelines have recently been at the focus of geopolitical tensions between the West and Moscow has only made matters worse, particularly when Moscow cut off gas shipments to Europe in reaction to sanctions imposed by the West because of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Although the pipelines are now not in use, both of them still hold gas, which has frightened many officials and environmental and climate specialists throughout the world. The pipelines are run by a consortium of businesses that is majority controlled by Russia’s Gazprom.
The leak took place in international waters off the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea, between southern Sweden and Poland—a region that has long been regarded as one of the most meticulously watched oceanic regions in the world. .
Putin considers the Baltic gas leak to be “international terrorism.”
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