Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is facing, today, once again direct threats to its security, but its citizens are showing examples of courage and willingness to defend the truth, while the Kremlin considered that the publications about the attack on the “Northern Stream” pipes were just rumors that were broadcast in a manner Intentional.
During the ceremony of handing out state awards to distinguished women of Russia, Putin said, according to “Sputnik”: “In times of challenges and trials, the best qualities of a person are always manifested very clearly, and are determined by the character of our people. And now, when Russia again faces direct threats to its security and sovereignty, we see many Examples of courage, determination, valor, readiness to defend the truth, protect people and the future of our state. This is the kind of future we need for ourselves.”
On the occasion of International Women’s Day, Putin stressed, according to the Russia Today website, that the supreme respect for women and motherhood has an absolute value in Russia and is passed on from generation to generation. expertise.
Meanwhile, the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, commented on the reports published by the Western media regarding the bombings that targeted the “Northern Stream” pipeline for transporting Russian gas.
Peskov said, in a press statement yesterday: The publications about the attack on the “Northern Stream” pipelines are just rumors that were deliberately broadcast, and it is clear that the party that carried out the attack wants to divert attention through it in favor of the real perpetrator.
Peskov explained that it is not possible to understand how the US officials, whom the media referred to in its report, could present hypotheses about the terrorist attack that targeted the “Northern Stream” pipelines, without conducting an investigation.
In turn, the Russian embassy in Washington commented on the media reports, and said in a statement: What was published by the American press about the involvement of a pro-Ukrainian group in the terrorist attack on the “Northern Stream” gas pipeline aims to direct the investigation into the incident to a wrong track.
And the embassy added: Russia has no confidence in the “impartiality” of the conclusions of the US intelligence services, adding: “We do not see in anonymous leaks more than an attempt to confuse those who are sincerely trying to get to the truth.”
Earlier, the New York Times reported that the new intelligence information indicates that a certain pro-Ukrainian group, whose plans are not necessarily known to Kiev, is behind the sabotage of the main pipeline for transporting Russian gas, the “Northern Stream”.
And there were attacks on September 26, 2022, on two pipelines for exporting Russian gas to Europe at the same time, and President Vladimir Putin said at the time: This explosion is a clear terrorist attack.
In parallel, the Assistant German Chancellor for Economic Affairs, Jörg Kukes, announced that the decision to abandon importing Russian gas was very difficult.
On the sidelines of the International Energy Conference “CeraWeek” in Houston, Texas, USA, Cokes said, “It was a lot of pressure. More than half of the volume (gas) belonged to Germany, so replacing it was very difficult, ”according to what was reported by “Sputnik”.
It is noteworthy that Russia has been the largest supplier of natural gas to the European Union for many years, which gave Moscow enormous influence over the energy sector in the European Union, and Russia accounted for nearly 40 percent of the union’s demand in 2021.