Moscow Slams Swedish Decision to Drop Nord Stream Pipeline Sabotage Probe

Secrecy laws prevent Stockholm’s investigators from publicizing their findings, prosecutor says.

A gas leak from Nord stream 1 in the Swedish economic zone in the Baltic Sea in this picture taken from the Swedish Coast Guard aircraft on Sept. 28, 2022. Swedish Coast Guard/Handout via TT News Agency/via Reuters

Moscow has criticized Sweden’s decision to end its investigation into an act of sabotage that crippled the strategic Nord Stream gas pipeline in 2022.

“From the outset, the Swedish authorities … have shown a lack of determination to seriously address the issue [of who was responsible],” Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said.