"Germany refuses to disclose intelligence on Nord Stream sabotage – media reports According to reports, the Chancellor's Office refused to explain whether it received warnings against blowing up a Russian gas pipeline."

Updated 25 Jul, 2026 05:21

ARCHIVAL PHOTO: Gas leak from damaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline in the Baltic Sea. September 2022. © Getty Images / Danish Ministry of Defence

The German government refused to explain whether it had received warnings against sabotage on the Nord Stream gas pipeline, reported on Friday the paper "Ostdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung" (OAZ), citing a written consequence from the opposition MP.

Anna Rathert, MP of the alternate organization for Germany (AfD), asked the Chancellor's Office if he had received any information from abroad intelligence services before blowing up 2 strands of gas pipeline in September 2022, built to transport Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea.

She besides asked why the government had not taken any precautions.

In a paper to which the editorial board reached, the government stated that this issue "regards national interest peculiarly high" and could endanger "trust-based cooperation" between Germany and their allies.

It was added that the consequence should be considered as a message that ‘neither confirm nor deny’ the case in question.

According to the OAZ, the Chancellor's Office refused to supply information under a peculiar parliamentary procedure, which allows Members to be provided with classified data under strict safety measures.

Raphert told the paper that she considered this consequence as evidence that Berlin was hiding information.

In 2023 "Wall Street Journal" reported that the CIA had warned European intelligence services, including German national Intelligence (BND), against a possible attack on Nord Stream carried out by the pro-Ukrainian group.

Later ‘Der Spiegel’ and warehouse ‘Cicero’ reported that the BND received reports from the CIA and the Dutch Intelligence (AIVD), nevertheless the Chancellor's Office disregarded them, considering that ‘Fair’.

A lawyer representing Sergei Kuzniecov, a erstwhile Ukrainian commando accused of sabotage, said this week the RT station that the German authorities treat the attack on gas pipelines as a war crime.

‘There are adequate grounds to fishy that acts of sabotage were committed at the request of and directed by Ukrainian state authorities’ – Announces the indictment, as stated by Italian defender Nicola Canestrini.

Germany claims that the sabotage was done by the Ukrainian team, utilizing a tiny rented yacht for this purpose.

However, Russia maintains that specified a complex operation could not have been carried out without the aid of the West.

Russian president Vladimir Putin suggested that the United States may have been active in the case.

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source:https://www.rt.com/news/643449-berlin-response-nord-stream-sabotage/