China News Service, February 29. According to a report by the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 29th, the agency quoted American investigative reporter Daniel Lazar as saying that Denmark's investigation into the "Nord Stream" natural gas pipeline explosion was a "farce" because The country "dare not identify the culprit of the incident as its ally the United States."

　　Lazar participated in the "Critical Moment" program of the Russian Satellite News Agency on the 28th. When commenting on Denmark's announcement to end the "Nord Stream" investigation, he said, "This is simply ridiculous... I mean, Denmark conducted an investigation and got The conclusion was drawn and everyone knew it was clearly sabotage - that was obvious from the start. But (Denmark) avoided blaming the possible culprits."

　　Lazar also said: "Of course, the most likely culprit - in fact, I am 100% sure that the culprit is the United States, but neither Denmark nor Sweden dare to say it. This is extraordinary."

　　He believes that the culpability of the United States is "obvious", but America's allies often choose to ignore it in order to maintain U.S.-European relations.

　　Lazar claimed that if Western leaders publicly admitted that the United States was responsible for the Nord Stream destruction, "the political consequences would be earth-shaking."

He said: "Once people admit what happened, NATO basically hangs on a thread because NATO is a mutual defense agreement and the United States did violate the agreement by attacking its ally's gas pipeline. This Nord Stream incident It will cause an explosion in the heart of the Western Alliance - it will completely destroy the Western Alliance."

　　He pointed out that "NATO has always been dominated by the United States, and every top allied commander in the alliance has been American. European leaders have historically been willing to tolerate this arrangement in exchange for the military protection promised by the United States. But the United States may ultimately do It’s too much.”

　　The Nord Stream natural gas pipeline was completed in 2012 and has been delivering Russian natural gas to Western Europe for nearly a decade.

Although the United States has expressed unease about cooperation between Russia and European countries, Nord Stream has played a vital role in promoting German industry and providing low-cost energy to the entire European continent.

　　However, in September 2022, a series of explosions paralyzed two branches of the Nord Stream pipeline between Russia and Germany.

After the explosion, Denmark, Sweden and Germany launched investigations respectively, but they refused Russia's participation and the investigation progressed slowly.

　　Sweden and Denmark announced this month that they had ended their investigations into the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline explosion. Although the investigation found that the explosion was an act of "deliberate sabotage," they have not publicly identified any suspects so far.

　　According to the Danish police, the investigation was "complex and comprehensive" and the explosion was a "deliberate sabotage." However, "the evidence is insufficient to initiate criminal proceedings in Denmark" and no further comment can be made.

　　Russian Presidential Press Secretary Peskov believed that Denmark's decision was "almost absurd." "On the one hand, they admitted that the pipeline explosion was a deliberate sabotage, but on the other hand, they stopped continuing the investigation."

　　Swedish prosecutors also announced the end of the investigation earlier this month on the grounds that "Sweden has no jurisdiction", saying that the main purpose of the investigation is to confirm whether Swedish citizens were involved in the bombing in some way.

In April 2023, Swedish prosecutors pointed out that the explosion was most likely caused by "a state-sponsored gang."