MOSCOW, October 2 – Novosti. If the United States is involved in the explosions on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines, Russia may return fire, National Review columnist Antonio Wright admitted .
In his opinion, Moscow , in response to aggression, is likely to strike at American infrastructure.
“A serious and immediate disadvantage of participating in the bombings would be that Russia could start treating the United States as a full-fledged belligerent and attacking our infrastructure,” Wright warned.
He believes that the possible involvement of the United States in the emergency on the pipelines would also bring discord in the relations of the White House with the allies, primarily with Germany .
“Regardless of whether the political decision to build the pipeline was bad from an economic and geopolitical point of view, the Germans would never forgive America for this act,” the publication says.
A gas leak on Russian export gas pipelines was discovered on September 26, and in four places at once. At that time, both of them did not work – pumping through Nord Stream was suspended from the end of August due to problems with the repair of Siemens turbines caused by Western sanctions, and Nord Stream 2, which was completed in 2021, was never put into operation. operation. Nevertheless, the pipelines remained filled with gas.
According to the operator Nord Stream AG, the accident is unprecedented and it is impossible to estimate the timeframe for repairs. The seismic center of Sweden recorded powerful underwater explosions in the area of the emergency. The authorities of Germany and Denmark do not exclude that the cause of the emergency was sabotage.
The Kremlin called the incident an act of international terrorism. According to Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova , in the area where the explosions occurred, NATO exercises were conducted using deep-sea equipment. According to Vladimir Putin, “sanctions are not enough for the Anglo-Saxons,” they have begun to destroy the pan-European energy infrastructure.
