Explosions on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines are the most dangerous precedent and an act of international terrorism.

This was stated by Vladimir Putin in his speech at the plenary session of the Russian Energy Week international forum.

“There is no doubt that this is an act of international terrorism, the purpose of which is to undermine the energy security of the entire continent.

The logic is cynical - to destroy, block sources of cheap energy, deprive millions of people, industrial consumers of gas, heat, electricity, and other resources and force them to buy all this at much higher prices, ”Putin said.

According to him, the attack on Nord Stream has become the most dangerous precedent, which demonstrates that any critically important infrastructure is now under threat.

He stressed that behind this sabotage are those who benefit from breaking ties between Moscow and the European Union and who are technically capable of taking this step and "already resorted to such sabotage, and was caught by the hand, but went unpunished."

“Well, the beneficiaries, the beneficiaries are already clear.

I think that there is no need to go into details here, because the geopolitical importance of the remaining gas systems is increasing.

They pass through the territory of Poland (Yamal - Europe), through the territory of Ukraine, two streams, all at one time Russia built with its own money.

And also the USA, of course, which can now supply energy resources at high prices.

As they say in decent companies, hiley likes, everything is clear.

Everything is clear who is behind this and who is the beneficiary,” the head of state stated.

Speaking about the repair of gas pipelines running along the bottom of the Baltic Sea, he stressed that this "will only make sense if they continue to be economically justified operation", as well as ensuring the safety of routes.

“We could also move the lost volume of transit through the Nord Streams along the bottom of the Baltic Sea to the Black Sea region and thus make it the main routes for the supply of our fuel, our natural gas to Europe through Turkey, creating in Turkey the largest gas hub for Europe , if, of course, our partners are interested in this, ”Putin said.

  • Putin at the meeting of the international forum "Russian Energy Week"

The head of Gazprom, Alexei Miller, confirmed that alternatives to gas pipelines running along the bottom of the Baltic Sea can be created in the Black Sea.

“Technically, we are ready to build gas transmission capacities.

As for the hub: without a doubt, this issue of a trading platform on the border of the European Union and Turkey should be considered, ”Miller said.

At the same time, he added that there is still no answer to the question of why to restore the Nord Stream threads if the turbines for the gas pipeline are inoperative.

He also admitted that as a result of the explosions, the second string of Nord Stream 2 was also damaged, but it did not have gas leaks.

In his opinion, the European Union and Germany should give a "clear and political answer" that they are interested and want the restoration of the Nord Stream lines, as well as "guarantees for further safe operation."

On September 26, simultaneously on the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 lines, terrorist attacks took place at sites near the Danish island of Bornholm.

According to Gazprom, at the time of the emergency, there were about 800 million cubic meters in three lines of gas pipelines.

m of gas, which is comparable to the consumption of Denmark for three months.

The Foreign Intelligence Service stated that circumstantial evidence indicates the involvement of the West in what happened.

Thus, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak recalled the negative position of the United States, Ukraine and Poland regarding the commissioning of SP-2.

The officials of these states have repeatedly stated that this "infrastructure will not work", and promised to do everything for this.