US EditionItaly sends Ukrainian suspect in Nord Stream pipeline blast to Germany
Serhii Kuznietsov faces charges including collusion to cause an explosion and anti-constitutional sabotage linked to the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline attacks, prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, Serhii K, Ukrainian suspect, arrived in Germany after Italy's top court approved his handover last week, German federal prosecutors said.
- The Nord Stream blasts prompted explosions three years ago in the Baltic Sea that largely severed Russian gas transit to Europe, with Russia and Western countries calling it sabotage.
- The suspect, identified as Serhii K, faces charges including collusion to cause an explosion, anti-constitutional sabotage and destruction of important structures, but denies involvement and his lawyer Nicola Canestrini is confident of acquittal.
- He is due before a judge tomorrow at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe, while last month a Polish court denied extradition of another Ukrainian suspect and ordered his release.
- Investigators say the prolonged probe spent years piecing together the Nord Stream blasts, which squeezed Europe's energy markets despite Russia largely stopping deliveries three years ago.
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Who blew up the gas pipelines? German forerunners especially have Ukraine in mind. Members of the Bundestag see evidence for another theory.
The investigating judge of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) of Germany gave effect on Friday to the arrest warrant against the former Ukrainian military suspect of the attack on Nord Stream, which was handed over the day before by the Italian authorities, and ordered his remand in custody. Germany’s Attorney General’s Office (GBA), which leads the sabotage investigation, reported on the appearance that took place at the seat of the Tribunal in…
The Federal Prosecutor's Office in Karlsruhe accuses the Ukrainian of coordinating the attack on the Nord-Stream pipelines. It is questionable whether he will testify to the accusations.
Serhij K. is said to have led the operation for the detonation of pipelines in the Baltic Sea. After three months in Italian detention, the arrest warrant was opened to the Ukrainian in Karlsruhe.
BERLIN (AP) — German authorities took into custody Friday a Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany more than three years ago. A judge at the Federal Court of Justice in Karlsruhe issued an arrest warrant Friday for 49-year-old Serhii Kuznietsov and ordered his detention, federal prosecutors said. The underwater explosions on September 26, 2022, damaged pipeline…
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