Nord Stream sabotage investigation classified by Sweden [English subtitles]

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*Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova, Moscow, October 20, 2022*

Investigation of incidents at Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines - Nord Stream explosions investigation results classified by Sweden

*Maria Zakharova:* "The Swedish Navy confirmed the presence of its ships in this area and the fact that they were there on a surveillance mission but did not comment on its purpose. Do you know why? They said that this is “strictly classified” information. How come? There were explosions at a civilian facility. NATO had a big meeting and defence ministers of the allied countries spoke about the need to protect these facilities. Are you in Stockholm unable to say to this day what your ships were doing there on the eve of the explosions? Is it classified information? Seriously?"

"All restrictions on access to this area have been lifted now. However, reportedly, the Swedish law enforcement agencies and security services classified the materials obtained during the inspection, seized some physical evidence and are not willing to share the findings even with their EU partners, not to mention Russia.

I can’t believe the Swedish authorities have done this. Usually, they are in the loop and are the first to share their findings. I remember well what Swedish Foreign Minister Ann Linde said. She knew right there and then what happened in the deep waters and who was to blame: Russia. What’s stopping the minister from sharing information with us, the owners and co-owners of this infrastructure and certainly owners of the resource that was transported through it? What secrets have you unearthed that you don’t want to share with anyone? Is this some kind of a NATO conspiracy of silence? Is it that if something fell into your hands, you will not let anyone know about it? It doesn’t work that way. You know why? You are making it clear for everyone that you have something to hide. No one else should see what you found there. This goes to show that the collective West is behind everything that happened there. These were the ships of NATO, the collective West and Western regimes that were hanging out there right before the events unfolded. As you may be aware, back in 2015, NATO shells were discovered there that could have caused a blast like that. You are now hiding things that you must share with the international community."

*Links*

The Swedish Navy confirmed the presence of its ships:
https://www.globalpolitics.se/nord-stream-svenska-fartyg-pa-plats/

The Swedish tabloid Expressen published a report:
https://www.expressen.se/nyheter/forsta-bilderna-fran-sprangda-gasroret-pa-ostersjons-botten/

Swedish "games":
https://mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/briefings/1832779/?lang=en#6

Desire to hide important facts:
https://mid.ru/ru/foreign_policy/news/1833728/?lang=en

*Source:* https://www.mid.ru/ru/press_service/spokesman/briefings/1834459/?lang=en#11