The Nord Stream 1 shareholders are Russia’s state energy firm Gazprom, Germany’s Wintershall DEA AG and E.ON, Dutch company NV Nederlandse Gasunie and France’s Engie.
Gazprom is the sole shareholder in the parallel Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was constructed with financing from Wintershall DEA, Engie, Austria’s OMV, Shell and Germany’s Uniper.
“MONSTROUS CRIME”
Russia has repeatedly complained about being excluded from European probes into the explosions.
“We are still not allowed in the investigation. Only a few days ago we received notes about this from the Danes and Swedes,” Peskov said.
“This is not just strange. It smells like a monstrous crime.”
The undersea explosions, seven months into the Russia-Ukraine conflict, occurred in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark in the Baltic Sea. Both countries have concluded the blasts were deliberate, but have not said who might be responsible.
Russia, without providing evidence, has at various times accused Britain and the US of blowing up the pipelines, which they deny.
The ruptured pipelines are set to be sealed up and mothballed as there are no immediate plans to repair or reactivate them, sources familiar with the plans have told Reuters.
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