Croatian Court Allows Extradition of Nord Stream Blast Suspect to Germany, Media Reports
German prosecutors say Vladimir Z. was part of a scuba-diving group behind the 2022 pipeline blasts that damaged Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2.
- A Croatian court ruled Thursday that Vladimir, a Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline blasts, can be extradited to Germany.
- German prosecutors allege Vladimir was a scuba diver part of the group responsible for the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream pipelines; he was arrested in August in Pula.
- Because the pipelines terminate in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, German courts claim jurisdiction over the case; prosecutors previously charged another suspect, former Ukrainian officer Serhii K., in July.
- Lawyer Mykola Katerynchuk dismissed the ruling, made last week, as "biased and political," announcing plans to appeal; The County Court in Pula confirmed the decision pending appeal.
- Described by Russia and Western countries as sabotage, the 2022 blasts damaged a vital Russian gas export route to Europe; both Vladimir and Serhii have denied involvement.
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A Croatian court has approved the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian man linked to sabotage against the Nord Stream gas pipelines, his lawyer told AFP on Thursday.
The attack occurred months after the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and destroyed three of the four submarine pipelines. German investigators believe that a Ukrainian state agency ordered the operation to deprive Russia of energy revenues intended to finance its invasion of Ukraine. Volodimir Zhuravliov was arrested in August in Croatia under a European arrest warrant issued by Germany, while allegedly working on a Hollywood fiction projec…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Koh Hyun-sil = The truth behind the Nord Stream submarine gas pipeline explosion in the Baltic Sea in September 2022 is gradually...
Berliner Morgenpost
A Ukrainian is said to have been involved in the explosions of the North Stream pipelines. A court in Croatia now approves its extradition.
Dnevni list Danas
n1info.rsThe court in Pula has decided to extradite Ukrainian citizen Volodymyr Zhuravlov to Germany, who was arrested on suspicion of participating in the attack on the Baltic gas pipeline Severn Tok, Croatian media reported today.
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