US EditionItaly Blocks Extradition of Nord Stream Bombing Suspect
- On Oct. 15, Italy's Court of Cassation in Rome overturned extradition of Serhii Kuznetsov to Germany, where federal prosecutors accuse him of Nord Stream sabotage.
- Italian police arrested Kuznetsov in late August under a German-issued European arrest warrant, with prosecutors alleging use of a rented Rostock yacht with forged documents.
- Investigations continue across multiple countries as Polish authorities hold a second Ukrainian suspect, a 46-year-old trained diver, while German investigators say Volodymyr Z. helped place explosives.
- A new panel at the Bologna Court of Appeal will review the case, with Italian authorities having up to 100 days to decide amid a diplomatic flashpoint between European states.
- The 2022 blasts near Bornholm rendered the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines inoperable, and if confirmed, he could be transferred to Germany by the end of next month for trial in Hamburg.
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In Poland, the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline on the Baltic Sea is considered a heroic deed. Ukrainian Volodymyr Z, arrested in Poland as an alleged accomplice, will most likely not be extradited to Germany. There are more reasons.
Italian Supreme Court Halts Transfer of Ukrainian Linked to Nord Stream Explosions
The decision overturns a September ruling which had approved the suspect’s extradition to face charges of collusion to cause an explosion, sabotage and destruction of important structures.
The Court of Cassation, Italy's highest court, rejected Wednesday's decision to extradite a former Ukrainian military captain, the alleged co-ordinator of the North Stream gas pipeline operation in the Baltic Sea...
Italy's highest court has suspended the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian suspected of carrying out attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipeline in 2022, the suspect's lawyer told the dpa news agency on Wednesday.
The Italian Supreme Court of Cassation quashed the decision to extradite to Germany the Ukrainian, Sergei Kuznetsov, who was suspected of being...
Italy has suspended the extradition to Germany of the alleged “mastermind” of the 2022 attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea. The Italian Supreme Court in Rome unexpectedly overturned a lower court ruling, according to the Suddeutsche Zeitung.
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