Vladimir Putin statements and related RU news
Note the consistency of Russian statements:
Main perpetrator: Anglo-Saxons
Main beneficiary: The USA.
"The Russian president gave a principled assessment of the unprecedented sabotage, which is in fact an act of international terrorism against the main gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2. It was noted that Russia is bringing this issue up for urgent discussion in the UN Security Council," the statement reads.
[MRT: Legal definitions described here]
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen slammed the incidents as sabotage, pointing out that any "deliberate disruption of the European energy infrastructure is unacceptable and will lead to the strongest possible response".
[MRT: Who was promoting - Sabotage and who the terrorist act narratives?]
Maria Zakharova pointed out that in previous years, the then Republican-led US administration "did everything to scuttle" the Nord Stream 2 project
When speaking to the Soloviev Live TV channel on Thursday, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova called out US Secretary of State Antony Blinken’s claim that attacks on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines would be in no one’s interest as a bold-faced lie.
"When Mr Blinken says that the project’s collapse is in no one's interest, it sounds ridiculous, it’s a lie," she maintained.
Zakharova pointed out that in previous years, the then Republican-led US administration "did everything to scuttle" the Nord Stream 2 project. "They employed methods of political pressure and blackmail, which are illegal and go beyond morality, law and logic, and they also used their diplomatic resources to exert direct pressure, particularly on the German authorities. <...> The Democrats took a different path," the Russian diplomat noted.
The Nord Stream pipeline incidents took place in the exclusive economic zone of Denmark and Sweden, an area that is fully controlled by US intelligence agencies, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told the Soloviev Live TV program
Nikolay Patrushev stressed that the West immediately embarked on a vigorous campaign to find the culprits
Washington benefits from the Nord Stream pipelines' damage, especially from an economic standpoint, Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolay Patrushev said at a meeting of CIS security and intelligence chiefs on Friday.
"More and more often, serious questions are being asked of the organizers of these smear campaigns. For instance, literally from the very first minutes after the reports about explosions at the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines had emerged, the West embarked on a vigorous campaign to find the culprits. Nevertheless, it is obvious that the main beneficiary, first and foremost, economically, is the US," he stated.
[MRT: Being a prime suspect and the main beneficiary are not the same. The perpetrator in this hypothesis case the UK can convince the main beneficiary to just step aside and let the crime happen enabling deniability and a cover]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday directly accused "Anglo-Saxon" powers of blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines."The sanctions were not enough for the Anglo-Saxons: they moved onto sabotage," Putin said. "It is hard to believe but it is a fact that they organised the blasts on the Nord Stream international gas pipeline."
He also accused the West of sabotaging the Russia-built gas pipelines under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Putin said the "Anglo-Saxons" have turned from sanctions to "terror attacks," sabotaging the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines in what he described as an attempt to "destroy the European energy infrastructure."
[MRT: Not naming one state is for a purpose. What he is saying that the perpetrator was making sure factions aligned with their policy were also onboard - aka British Royals and old money in a New World. By not naming a certain highest official of a country he also points that the mission was a long term and that is also a case of Truss who took over Boris Johnson as a new UK´s PM.]
...is now fighting NATO in Ukraine. Meanwhile, President Vladimir Putin has reminded the world that Russia has nuclear weapons and is prepared to use them "when the very existence of the state is put under threat," as Russia's official nuclear weapons doctrine declared in June 2020.
You know that yesterday Chairman of the Investigative Committee Alexander Bastrykin reported to me on the first results of the investigation into the act of sabotage on the Crimean Bridge.
11 Oct 2022 - RU/UN: Putin will meet head of UN nuclear watchdog in St. Peterburg, Russia
The recent terrorist attack on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 natural gas pipelines was aimed at undermining the energy security of the entire continent, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
12 Oct 2022 - RU: Global Energy Infrastructure Is At Risk After Nord Stream Pipeline Hit, Says Putin
The attacks were an act of terror that set “the most dangerous precedent,” the Russian president told a Moscow energy forum on Wednesday. “It shows that any critically important object of transport, energy or utilities infrastructure is under threat” irrespective of where it is located or by whom it is managed, he said.
I would like to welcome all the participants and guests of Russian Energy Week, a respected and recognised platform for dialogue on key global energy topics.Such direct and transparent communication is essential now, when the global economy in general, the fuel and energy sector are in the middle of, let me be direct, an acute crisis due to unstable price dynamics of energy resources, an imbalance in supply and demand, and the overtly subversive actions of individual market participants, who are guided solely by their own geopolitical ambitions, resort to outright discrimination in the market, and if that does not work, they simply destroy the infrastructure of their competitors.In this case, I am of course talking about the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. There is no doubt that this is an act of international terrorism, the purpose of which is to undermine the energy security of the entire continent. The logic is cynical: to destroy and block cheap energy sources, hence depriving millions of people, industrial consumers of gas, heat, electricity and other resources and forcing them to buy all this at much higher prices and forcing them to buy all this at much higher prices.The attack on the Nord Streams has set an extremely dangerous precedent, which shows that any critical piece of transport, energy or communications infrastructure is under threat, regardless of its location, management or whether it lies on the seabed or on land...And who stands behind the sabotage against the Nord Streams? Clearly, those who want to completely sever ties between Russia and the European Union, to fully undermine and crush Europe’s political agency, weaken its industrial potential and seize the market.
And, of course, those who – I want to stress it – have the technical capacity to organise such explosions and in fact have committed similar sabotage in the past and were caught red-handed but evaded punishment.
The beneficiaries are well known. I believe no specific details are necessary since the remaining gas systems will acquire greater geopolitical significance. They stretch across Poland (Yamal‒Europe), and Ukraine, the two pipelines that Russia once built with its own money. And, of course, the United States, which will now be able to supply energy resources at high rates.I would like to recall who helped Europe at that time and sent additional gas supplies to the European market. It was Russia. However, the leaders of these countries prefer not to recall this. Moreover, they deem it possible to reproach us for being “unreliable.” Do we deny supplies to them? We are ready to ship and we are providing them with all the quantities, as agreed under our contracts. We are supplying them with all the contractual amounts. But if someone does not want to take our product, what do we have to do with this? That is your decision.
I have noted many times that the Nord Stream lacks any political background. It is a strictly commercial project, in which Russian and European companies take part on equal terms. Hence, Russia and our partners in EU countries should resolve the future of Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2.It is certainly possible to repair the damaged gas pipelines that run under the Baltic Sea.
But this will make sense only if their further use is economically feasible and the safety of their routes can be ensured – this is the fundamental prerequisite.
If we come to an agreement with the Europeans to supply gas through the surviving branch – and one branch of Nord Stream 2, apparently, has survived… Unfortunately, we are not allowed to help inspect this branch, but the pipeline is holding pressure. It might be damaged, but we do not know this, because as I have said, we are not allowed to inspect it, but there is pressure, which means, apparently, that it is in working order. Its capacity is 27.5 billion cubic metres per year, which is about 8 percent of Europe’s gas imports.
12 Oct 2022 - RU: Putin: It's possible to repair Nord Stream pipelines
Putin has also claimed that the sabotage action against Nord Stream was ”an act of international terrorism,” writes news agency Reuters Wednesday.
[MRT: There is a clash of narratives: The Definition, Severity and Accountability of the Nordstream Affair]
12 Oct 2022 - RU: Putin says goal behind Nord Stream attack was to undermine continent’s energy security
Putin described the attack on the Nord Streams as "a most dangerous precedent."
"It shows that any vital transport, energy or utility infrastructure is now in jeopardy regardless of where it is located or who operates it or whether those are subsea pipelines or ground-based ones."
12 Oct 2022 - RU: Putin offers Europe gas through Nord Stream 2, Germany declines
12 Oct 2022 - RU: Putin suggests major gas hub in Türkiye with Nord Stream supplies
#NordStream lacks any political background. It is a strictly commercial project, in which Russian and European companies take part on equal terms.
Hence, Russia and our partners in #EU should resolve the future of #NS1 & #NS2.
13 Oct 2022 - RU: Saboteurs caught plotting attack on TurkStream pipeline — Kremlin
Dmitry Peskov stressed that "this is an attempt on a route that remains in a functional state, fully loaded, running like clockwork"
13 Oct 2022 - RU: Russia detains saboteurs trying to blow up TurkStream
A Russian-Turkish project has been subjected to sabotage as attacks continue on Russia's energy infrastructure.
The Russian authorities have detained several saboteurs as they were trying to sabotage and blow up a part of the TurkStream pipeline that is on Russian territory, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday.
"Saboteurs were taken, several people were detained - they wanted to blow up [TurkSteam] on our territory, on land," Peskov told reporters. The pipeline starts in the Russian Krasnodar region.
"Moscow does not have the habit of "shooting itself in the leg", Peskov added, dismissing remarks made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who said Russia was planning on sabotaging its infrastructure of gas pipelines.
"We do not tend to shoot ourselves in the leg," Peskov underlined.
According to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, the TurkStream gas pipeline would not replace the Nord Streams because they have different capacities.
Investigators from Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) later started a criminal investigation into the blasts as an act of international terrorism.
"There is no doubt that this is an act of international terrorism, the purpose of which is to undermine the energy security of the entire continent," Putin told the Russian Energy Week in Moscow on Wednesday.
Putin previously accused the West of being behind the damage to the Nord Stream pipelines. He said it had already "practically begun to destroy shared European energy infrastructure," stressing that "it is obvious to all who is profiting from this."
Such direct and transparent communication is essential now, when the global economy in general, the fuel and energy sector are in the middle of, let me be direct, an acute crisis due to unstable price dynamics of energy resources, an imbalance in supply and demand, and the overtly subversive actions of individual market participants, who are guided solely by their own geopolitical ambitions, resort to outright discrimination in the market, and if that does not work, they simply destroy the infrastructure of their competitors.
In this case, I am of course talking about the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. There is no doubt that this is an act of international terrorism, the purpose of which is to undermine the energy security of the entire continent.
The logic is cynical: to destroy and block cheap energy sources, hence depriving millions of people, industrial consumers of gas, heat, electricity and other resources and forcing them to buy all this at much higher prices...
[MRT: one of the main UK motive is own energy insecurity and other instabilities caused by #Brexit - Brexit as a root-cause of UK´s instabilities]
I would like to repeat that there is solid documented evidence. These crimes were plotted and ordered by the end beneficiaries seeking instability and conflicts.
[MRT: In 2014 I framed but never published a hypothesis which I named: "Mackinder Roadblocks against Euro-Asian integration and development - this important white paper has been tested by 10 years and is a very valid geo-political master piece]
And who stands behind the sabotage against the Nord Streams? Clearly, those who want to completely sever ties between Russia and the European Union, to fully undermine and crush Europe’s political agency, weaken its industrial potential and seize the market. And, of course, those who – I want to stress it – have the technical capacity to organise such explosions and in fact have committed similar sabotage in the past and were caught red-handed but evaded punishment.
The beneficiaries are well known.
Pavel Zarubin, Rossiya TV channel.: You are an expert on Germany. How can you explain what is happening, and how will this affect Russia-Germany relations in the future? Thank you.
Vladimir Putin: This is the choice of the people who legally came to power in a particular country, Germany in this case. They must decide themselves what is more important for them – to fulfil allied commitments, as they understand them, or to ensure the interests of their own people, their national interests.Judging by what you said, in this case the Federal Republic has prioritised its allied commitments in NATO. Is this right or wrong?
[MRT: Looks like he is hinting to this event in which Germany decided not to disclose who has done it - The Prague Summit & possible cover-up of Nordstream affair.]
I think this is a mistake, and businesses, the economy, and the people of Germany are paying for it because it has adverse economic consequences for the Eurozone in general and the Federal Republic in particular.
[MRT: The Prague summit was a joint RU decision to cover up the perpetrator.]
However, it looks like hardly anyone takes into account its interests or else the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 would not have been detonated.
[MRT: Putin puts critique on other shareholders who failed to prevent the mission.]
Although they were not operational, they still provided an element of reliability – they could be switched on in the worst-case scenario. '
[MRT: The minimal life expectancy of pipelines was 50+ years. Long term viable project, not delivering for a few years, being properly conserved was not an issue. This points to a perpetrator with long term vision on shaping European continent - London's attempts to implement ‘Global Britain’ concept failed]
But this is no longer possible. Although there is a line that still seems to be in working condition, as I said in Moscow, but a decision has not been made and is unlikely to be made. But this is no longer up to us. This is up to our partners.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said there is no need for more massive strikes on Ukraine, days after the heaviest bombardment of the country since the war began.
He said most designated targets of the strikes had been hit, adding that it was not his aim to destroy Ukraine.
14 Oct 2022 - RU: Putin warns of ‘global catastrophe’ if Nato troops clash with Russian forces
The Russian leader also claims he does not regret the invasion of Ukraine
He said a total of 222,000 reservists would be called-up, down from the 300,000 figure initially quoted by the defence ministry when the order was announced last month.
In total, 33,000 of them are already in military units and 16,000 are involved in combat, Mr Putin said.
Asked about the war expanding to become a direct clash between Russian and Nato troops, Putin said: “The introduction of troops into a direct confrontation with the Russian army is a very dangerous step that could lead to a global catastrophe.
He added: “I hope that those who speak of this have enough sense not to take such steps.”
There have been growing fears that the war could escalate and claims it could even become a nuclear conflict.
Putin also claimed that there was “no need” for further “massive strikes” on Ukraine, due to the fact that the majority of so-called designated targets had been hit.
14 Oct 2022 - RU: Putin: 'partial mobilisation' to be completed in two weeks, total of 222,000 called up
18 Oct 2022 - RU: Moscow Plans to Shift EU Export Routes to Turkey
Gazprom wants to rearrange its natural gas pipeline transit routes to Europe through Turkey after the two Nord Stream pipelines were damaged...
...If the plans materialize, it could bolster Turkey’s ambitions to become a significant regional gas hub.
Russian President Vladimir Putin floated the idea to expand the capacity of the Turk Stream offshore gas pipeline to Turkey on Oct. 12 with a view to redirect volumes to Europe from the damaged Nord Stream pipelines. Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdogan then instructed the government to immediately begin technical studies.
Gazprom has said it would no longer build pipeline infrastructure inside the EU following the cancellation of the South Stream project in 2014 due to opposition from Bulgaria and Brussels.
Turk Stream, the project that eventually replaced South Stream, did not involve any Russia-financed capacity construction in the EU, only in non-EU Serbia.
Gazprom floated the idea of selling their gas on the Russian border instead of directly in the EU through a trading department set up in St. Petersburg in 2018.
It also launched its Electronic Sales Platform where it sold spot gas to European players from various interconnection points.
Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller said last week during the Russian Energy Week conference in Moscow that the new transit through Turkey could fully replace the lost Nord Stream capacity, potentially alluding that Gazprom intends to increase Turk Stream capacity even further than the planned 63 Bcm/yr.
Putin said Europe must make it clear that it needs the gas from an expanded Turk Stream before Moscow starts investments.
The Kremlin has already threatened to impose blocking sanctions on Ukrainian gas company Naftogaz, which would mean a stop to Ukrainian transit volumes.
27 Oct 2022 - RU: Russia escalates rhetoric on commercial satellites, calls them ‘legitimate targets for retaliation’
[MRT: Certain legal aspects do allow retaliation in kind. UK was hinting their satelites and cables are in danger and under threat.]
27 Oct 2022 - RU: Vladimir Putin says Liz Truss was 'crazy' when she raised concerns about nuclear weapons
In a major speech in Moscow, the Russian president also criticised western leaders for playing a "bloody and dangerous" game in Ukraine and warned the era of western domination was over.
[MRT: Without reliable energy the economy will shrink. Europe has always been the largest energy importer.]
27 Oct 2022 - RU: Valdai International Discussion Club meeting
Putin: "Of course, Europe is protecting its interests, especially in the economy, but then again it is doing so half-heartedly. There go the gas pipeline explosions. These are not our pipelines; these are pan-European pipelines. Five European companies are part of Nord Stream 1. So what? Everyone is keeping quiet, as if it is business as usual. They even have the nerve to suggest that Russia blew it up. Russia blew itself up. Have they lost their senses or what? No, they keep doing this.
[MRT: Collusion and protection of the perpetrator. Revealing that the prime suspect the UK could end NATO as an alliance and severe the Trans-Atlantic relationship because the USA took the leadership in covering up the crime.]
Gazprom published photos from 2016 showing, I think, a US-made explosive device under the gas pipeline system. They claimed they lost it during exercises. They lost an explosive device so conveniently that it slipped right under the pipeline. I think the purpose of the device was to destroy underwater mines.
“Russia is strictly and consistently guided by the tenet that a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought,” said the Russian Foreign Ministry. Russia will “hypothetically resort to nuclear weapons exclusively in response to an aggression involving the use of weapons of mass destruction or an aggression with the use of conventional weapons when the very existence of the state is in jeopardy.”
National Security Council official John Kirby told CNN that he had no comment “on the particulars of this reporting.”
Meanwhile, over recent months, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan has spoken confidentially with Yuri Ushakov, a foreign policy adviser to Putin, and Nikolai Patrushev, the Kremlin’s Security Council secretary, in an effort to maintain communications and decrease the risk of escalation, including to the nuclear level.
The U.S. and allied officials divulged the conversations to The Wall Street Journal Nov. 7, but did not detail the dates or the numbers of calls that have taken place...
The United States has communicated with Russia “when it’s been necessary to clarify potential misunderstandings and try to reduce risk and reduce the possibility of catastrophe like the potential use of nuclear weapons,” Sullivan commented Nov. 7.
27 Nov 2022 - RU: Vladimir Putin says world facing 'most dangerous decade since WW2'
[MRT: Russia has the right for retaliation but has been prevented by NATO through its defence and deter posture. NATO protects and covers up for the perpetrator.]
Vladimir Putin had a telephone conversation with Federal Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany Olaf Scholz, at the initiative of the German side.A transparent investigation into the circumstances of those attacks must be conducted and it must include the relevant Russian agencies.
[MRT: To this day Russia was declined its rightful investigation]
As for the Nord Streams…. What can I say? This was a terrorist attack, which is obvious, and everyone has recognised this. Even more surprising is that it is an act of international, or should I say state terrorism. Why? Because individuals cannot carry out terror attacks of this kind on their own. States were clearly involved in perpetrating them.
[MRT: The research points to possible knowledge sharing about the UK´s mission plan shared by Norway to USA and most likely also to other allies - post here.]
As they say in such cases: look for who will benefit. Who will benefit from Russian gas being supplied to Europe only through Ukraine, who will benefit from Ukraine receiving the money? ...
Who benefits from Russian gas being supplied to Europe only through Ukraine? That is who blew it up. Nobody is investigating.
[MRT: The UK became after 44 years a net energy exporter on 29-09-2022 just 3 days after the blast. See this post "Mission accomplished - UK - from Energy Importer to Energy Exporter"]
We had an opportunity just once to inspect the sites of explosions. All this was in the media, there is nothing to repeat, as I am sure you already know this. But there is no real investigation, no one is investigating. It is astonishing but true.
'The behaviour of Washington and others this year is the last warning to all nations: there can be no business with the Anglo-Saxon world [because] it is a thief, a swindler, a card-sharp that could do anything,” said Dmitry Medvedev.
[MRT: This statement came after Scholz-Putin call, content is unknown but was also about fixing and future of the Nordstream. Just three days after Germany closed long term LNG deal with Qatar. This move signalled small hopes for change in policy toward Nordstream]
Putin says Russia will fight sanctions with shift in trade and energy flows President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would expand trade cooperation with new partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America, including by sharply increasing gas exports to China, to combat Western sanctions."We will remove restrictions in logistics and finance. Let me remind you that by introducing sanctions, Western countries were trying to push Russia to the periphery of world development. But we will never take the route of self-isolation," he said.
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