The Russian Foreign Ministry: Excluding Russia from the Nord Stream investigation is unimaginable

On Thursday, the Russian Foreign Ministry said it was “inconceivable” that the investigation of cracks in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines would be carried out without Russia’s participation.

Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said the West had deliberately created obstacles to the investigation and said excluding Russia and Gazprom from the investigation showed it had something to hide.

President Vladimir Putin last week accused the United States and its allies of carrying out the attack on the two pipelines, threatening to remove them permanently.