Russian Foreign Ministry Ambassador Rodion Miroshnik shared with TASS about the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage that: "This is not just Russia's project. Russia and European countries have jointly developed the large-scale, long-term and mutually beneficial Nord Stream project. Russia has revenue from gas supply, while Europe is guaranteed relatively cheap and stable energy sources, thereby supporting economic growth.
The project's targets were then sabotaged by one side that carried out the Nord Stream pipeline explosions on its own," he added.
The Russian diplomat said that the moves related to the Nord Stream investigation that the parties are implementing seem to be aimed at finding a party to hold accountable rather than actually clarifying what happened and determining whether the events are consistent with the proceedings.
Also in a sharing with TASS, mobile Ambassador Rodion Miroshnik said that Germany may request Ukraine to compensate for damages caused by the Nord Stream pipeline explosion.
Germany needs to assess the enormous losses and demand Ukraine to compensate according to international law," he said.
The Moscow diplomat said that Berlin is likely to only apply formal measures because Germany is one of the countries supporting Ukraine. Ambassador Miroshnik reiterated that Germany is the second largest financial donor to Ukraine, after the US, and this country has allocated tens of billions of euros to support Ukraine.
The Russian diplomat added that Germany is unlikely to react strongly in demanding compensation from Ukraine and if there are handling measures, it may only stop at a formal level, because this is an issue of particular public concern.
German companies have directly participated, while the German economy, some EU countries and other members of the project consortium have suffered losses after investing capital, expecting profits and relying on energy supplies" - he said about the losses in the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage.
