Russian President Vladimir Putin told Tucker Carlson that, in his view, the United States has the motive and means to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipeline, and this claim is in no way linked to Sweden’s decision to detonate it. This followed just a few days after an unsatisfactory investigation report.
Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed in an interview with broadcaster Tucker Carlson this week that the United States “definitely” blew up the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea. Although his claim was made without corroboration, it is said to be a truism because the United States had both the motive and the means to damage energy infrastructure.
When pressed for further details, including “evidence” for Mr. Carlson’s claims, and for suggestions that proving who blew up Nord Stream could amount to a “propaganda victory” for Moscow. Even then, President Putin refused to withdraw. He answered: “I won’t go into details, but in cases like this you are told to look for someone who is interested. But in this case, you need to look not only for someone who is interested, but also someone who is capable.” There may be many of them, but not all of them can be carried to the bottom of the Baltic Sea. Please extinguish this explosion.”
Asked why Mr. Tucker wouldn’t give up what he knew about what he called “the greatest act of industrial terrorism in history,” Putin said there was no point in trying to confront the U.S. over “war.” He said so and dismissed the question. Because Washington “controls all the world’s media,” Moscow could not hope to compete. Putin said it would not be cost-effective to elaborate further because “what happened to Nord Stream is clear to the whole world.”
‘False claims of epic proportions’ – UK denies blowing up Nord Stream, ordering attack on Russian fleet https://t.co/cziY9ERbDe
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) October 29, 2022
Putin’s personal condemnation of Tucker for blowing up the pipeline at least provided one of the few moments of relief during the calm briefing, although there was little new information. When Tucker tries to respond, they both laugh, and Tucker retorts, “You know what? “I was busy that day. I didn’t blow up Nord Stream. Thank you, that’s fine!”.
President Putin’s remark about the day the pipeline was destroyed, saying, “The CIA has no such alibi,” was one of several interviews in which President Putin asked the U.S. spy agency to investigate. It was once. Oddly enough, former KGB officials appear to have teased Carlson over the fact that he applied to join the CIA after college but was turned down.
The exchange of interviews via Nord Stream took place just days after Sweden concluded its official pipeline destruction investigation without being able to conclude who was responsible for blowing up the infrastructure. The fact that Sweden did not come to a conclusion, as reported, raises several questions. Kenneth Ohrenschlager-Bühl of the Royal Danish Defense College suggested that the decision not to denounce “could have been some kind of political involvement”, or in other words, could indicate a cover-up.
Ohlenschlager-Buhl continued. “There may be good reasons for not drawing a conclusion… Sweden is in a delicate position because it wants to join NATO and may not want to destabilize things further.”
Sweden is on the verge of joining NATO and is giving almost full support to the alliance in its bid to join, as once-neutral Finland did last year.
The Nord Stream pipeline attack occurred on September 26, 2022, with multiple underwater explosions destroying Nord Stream 1 and damaging the newly built Nord Stream 2 nearby. However, it never worked. These pipes were built as part of a large-scale cooperation between Russia and Russia. Germany’s goal was to transport natural gas to Central Europe, bypassing Eastern European countries such as Poland and Ukraine.
The pipeline has long been controversial and has been the source of allegations of Russian undue influence and corruption in Germany. The German government’s heavy dependence on Russia’s goodwill for its population’s health has become a key criticism of Europe’s lax attitude toward the NATO alliance, under which President Donald Trump has warned that Germany has become a “captive of Russia.” Ta.
Trump vindicated: Nord Stream 2 pipeline deal was Merkel’s ‘biggest mistake,’ says former EU chief https://t.co/fu2NiaT1i1
— Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) November 29, 2021
