This is stated in the Cabinet's response to a request from the deputy chairman of the Alternative for Germany faction in the Bundestag, Lifaz-Erik Holm.
“It is very likely that the sabotage with strong explosions had a negative impact on both threads (gas pipeline. -
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) and thus, at present, the technical possibility of use is no longer available in principle,” the report says, the text is quoted by Spiegel.
The German authorities also noted that Nord Stream 2 did not receive the certification necessary for launch.
The incident on two Russian export gas pipelines to Europe, Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, occurred on September 26.
Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov said that Russian experts immediately, before the results of the investigation of the West, stated that the emergency was caused by sabotage.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that sabotage at the Nord Streams is destroying the pan-European energy network.