Ms. Anna Rathert - a parliamentarian of the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, questioned the German Chancellor's Office about whether this agency received information from foreign intelligence agencies before the two Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines were sabotaged in September 2022. She also questioned why Berlin did not implement preventive measures if there was a warning.
RT reported that, according to documents accessed by Ostdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, the German government said that this issue "is particularly highly related to national interests" and the disclosure of information could affect "trust-based cooperation" between Germany and its allies. The document also stated that the government's response should be understood as "not confirming nor denying" receiving a warning.
The German Chancellor's Office also refused to provide information through a special procedure of the Parliament, which allows sharing confidential data with parliamentarians under strict security regulations.
Also related to Nord Stream, on July 25, TASS news agency quoted German Federal Parliament (Bundestag) MP of the AfD party, and also spokesman for the party's energy policy, Mr. Steffen Kotre, as saying that "the German government has no real interest in investigating the terrorist attack" targeting the Nord Stream pipeline.
Previously, on July 21, German television channel N-tv reported that Ukrainian citizen Sergey Kuznetsov, who is accused of being involved in the sabotage of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 pipelines, testified that at the time of the incident, he was serving in the Ukrainian armed forces and working for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU). According to the report, Kuznetsov made this admission in a phone call with his wife. The call was recorded by authorities when the suspect was being detained in Italy.
