American analysts: publications about Nord Streams make Kiev a “scapegoat”

WASHINGTON, March 10 – RIA Novosti. According to American analysts interviewed by RIA Novosti, media coverage of a pro-Ukrainian group being involved in the terrorist attacks in Nord Stream is making Kiev excessive and may indicate Washington’s desire to continue negotiations to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

The New York Times reported this week that there was intelligence that a pro-Ukrainian group was behind the shutdown last September of the Nord Stream pipelines, Russia’s main gas supply route to Europe. The publication pointed out that Kiev could not be informed of the operation. The German newspaper Zeit also wrote that the traces of the attack on the pipelines were found in Ukraine.

“I think the recent and not-so-convincing revelations of the New York Times may be an absurd and not-so-convincing attempt to extinguish smoldering divisions that could lead to unpredictable turns in German politics and ultimately break the US-German friendship. Political commentator Alex Kreiner, founder of Krainer Analytics and Krainer Analytics, told RIA Novosti: According to him, the publication is expected from Berlin to the Joe Biden administration’s job of undermining the US gas pipeline, as the famous American journalist Seymour Hersh had previously written about. According to Hersh, explosive devices were placed under Russian gas pipelines by US Navy divers with the support of Norwegian experts as part of the Baltops exercise in June 2022.

Kreiner attributes the timing of the release of the new “disclosures” to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visit to Washington last week. “I think they waited a few days after the meeting (US and German leaders – ed.) before publishing their “investigation,” so as not to arouse suspicion, the expert said, emphasizing “the need for someone to continue it”. a wonderful friendship Who else can be blamed?” For him, Scholz’s study visit to the United States was also devoted to the “coordination” of two explanatory publications on the undermining of Nord Stream.

“When the victors write their stories, they will retouch Hersh’s revelations by calling them an extreme right-wing version of events,” the expert said. Those who accuse the United States of carrying out a terrorist attack against Germany’s interests.

“The story of how the Ukrainians did everything is absurd but they (Biden administration – ed.) hope that we are all stupid and rely on the support of prominent figures in the EU, NATO and Germany. and inflate this story as the most reliable explanation of what happened. It matters how many people believe it today. “It will be “real” for future generations and will enter the history books as it is. .

In his view, the appointment of Ukraine as a “scapegoat” became an inevitable choice in the search for the “criminal” – neither Britain, nor the United States, nor their allies could allow any of their allies to be “involved” in this. story. “Importantly, this is also[Biden yönetiminin]”It shows their readiness to wash their hands in support of the Ukrainian regime and perhaps call for a negotiated solution to the war,” he said.

American analyst Jeremy Kuzmarov shares a similar view. He believes it was Hersh’s publication that prompted the Biden administration to seek an “alternative” version of events. “Since everything has probably been revealed and the Biden administration has come under attack for Hersh’s broadcast, there is an attempt to shift the blame to Ukraine,” the source said.

According to him, Hersh’s article and other news about Ukraine “negatively affected the support of the German people for the war in Ukraine and it was a powerful blow.”

In September last year, Russia’s two gas export pipelines to Europe, Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2, exploded simultaneously. Germany, Denmark and Sweden did not exclude targeted sabotage. Nord Stream operator Nord Stream AG reported that the state of emergency on gas pipelines is unprecedented and it is impossible to predict the timing of repairs. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office filed a lawsuit regarding the international terrorist act. On October 31, Russian President Vladimir Putin reported that Gazprom was allowed to inspect the site of the explosion and that Alexei Miller, the head of the company, briefed him on the inspection. Putin said the explosion in the gas pipeline was a blatant act of terrorism.