“The Nord Stream gas pipelines were once called the “lifeline” for European energy, the explosions at the Nord Streams had a serious negative impact on the global energy market and the global ecology ... It is imperative to conduct an objective, impartial and professional investigation into this case,” - RIA Novosti quotes him.

At the same time, he added that the silence of many media outlets about information about the US participation in undermining gas pipelines is puzzling.

Also curious is the reaction of European countries, which seem to have many concerns. 

“The international community has the right to demand a thorough investigation, given the pernicious nature of the crime of destroying a large transnational infrastructure and the serious consequences that it entailed,” he added.

On February 17, Pulitzer Prize-winning American investigative journalist Seymour Hersh said that the United States would face colossal political consequences due to the explosion of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 pipelines.

On February 18, it became known that Russia would call on the UN Security Council to create a commission to investigate the emergency at Nord Stream.