... then the Prague Summit happened,
(see link at the end of the post).
(see link at the end of the post).
The UK’s chief of defence staff has held talks with the Russian defence attaché at the Ministry of Defence in London.
Admiral Sir Tony Radakin and Colonel Maxim Elovik met as part of ongoing efforts to “strengthen military to military channels of communication” with Russia.
26 Sept 2022 - USA/RU: The USA has communicated with Russia through
Red Line de-escalation Phone
US national security adviser Jake Sullivan said on Sunday night that the US had “communicated directly, privately to the Russians at very high levels” how it would respond if Vladimir Putin carried out the nuclear strike threat he made during an address last week"
26 Sept 2022 - USA/RU: NSA Jake Sullivan says the "red phone" is working again and the White House can speak with the Kremlin at "senior levels."
"That has happened frequently over the course of the past few months. It has happened even in the last few days."
26 Sept 2022 - EXPLOSION: NORDSTREAM PIPELINES ARE ATTACKED
Two of the leaks are in the Danish economic zone. The other two are in the Swedish economic zone.
Magdalena Andersson - It is probably a matter of sabotage," Andersson said.
Like Frederiksen, she said it was not a "matter of an attack on Swedish or Danish territory.
Ukraine has put the blame firmly at the door of Russia.
"The large-scale 'gas leak' from Nord Stream 1 is nothing more than a terrorist attack planned by Russia and an act of aggression towards the EU," Kyiv's presidential advisor Mikhaylo Podolyak wrote on Twitter.
Separately, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia was "extremely concerned" by the reports of damage and that no option, including sabotage, could be excluded at the moment.
28 Sept 2022 - RU: The Russian Federation opened a criminal case under an article on international terrorism (part 1 of Article 361 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation).
28 Sept 2022 - RU/UN: UN Security Council to meet Friday on damage to Nord Stream gas pipelines
29 Sept 2022 - TUR/RU: Telephone conversation with President of Turkiye Recep Tayyip Erdogan
The President of Russia expressed his evaluation of the unprecedented act of sabotage that was essentially an act of international terrorism on the Nord Stream-1 and Nord Stream-2 gas pipelines. He noted that Russia is submitting this issue for urgent discussion in the UN Security Council.
29 Sept 2022 - RU: A Russian submarine was spotted sailing on the surface off the Brittany coast.
The French FREMM frigate Normandie and a Caiman helicopter tracked the Russian Kilo-class submarine Novorossiysk. As per reports, the French navy escorted the Russian submarine in the Bay of Biscay. The British and Spanish warships had also been involved in monitoring the submarine’s movements.
The Novorossiysk submarine, carrying nuclear-tipped cruise missiles, emerged from the depths of the mid-Atlantic and approached the shores of Britain and France, making its presence especially clear.
The Russian diesel-electric submarine of the Kilo II class, named Novorossiysk, was launched in 2014. Its feature is almost complete invisibility for anti-submarine systems (Codename means Black Hole).
French Atlantic Fleet Commander Olivier Lebas says this is the first time a Russian submarine has been sighted near the Bay of Biscay, on the border between Spain, France and Britain, and it certainly sends a message to Britain and France.
29 Sept 2022 - RU: Russia Says Sanctions Prevent It From Maintaining Gas Pipeline To Turkey, Balkans
The Russian operator of a pipeline that supplies Turkey and the Balkans with natural gas said it would suspend some maintenance and repair work, citing European Union sanctions, a move that threatens to deepen Europe’s energy crisis.
Oleg Aksyutin , the director of South Stream Transport B.V., sent a note earlier this month to division managers informing them that Netherland’s import and export authority would be revoking its export license as of September 17.
South Stream Transport is the Dutch-unit of the Kremlin-controlled natural gas giant, Gazprom, which manages the TurkStream pipeline running under the Black Sea from Russia to Turkey and on to the Balkans and Central Europe.
In the letter, a copy of which was obtained by RFE/RL, Aksyutin ordered them to “suspend the execution of all contracts related to the technical support of the gas pipeline, including design, manufacture, assembly, testing, repair, maintenance and training.”
He said gas exports should continue but only with emergency support in order to prevent damage to the environment.
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman 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
29 Sept 2022 - RU, Kaliningrad region: In the course of the exercise, MiG-31("I"?) fighters,
supported by a Su-27 fighter unit, carried out simulated missile strikes on large railway junctions, military echelons and an accumulation of armored vehicles of the simulated enemy.
29 Sept 2022 - RU: Putin told Erdogan he regarded Nord Stream emergency as Act of international terrorism
"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.
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".
29 Sept 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: Russian diplomat calls out Blinken’s ‘lie’ on pipeline attack
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
“Everyone is talking about the big hurricane barrelling into Florida, as they should be, but perhaps a far more important event in the longer term was the announcement that the Nord Stream I & II Pipelines out of Russia (which I brought to the World’s attention as President when I explained how crippling reliance on it could be for Germany and other parts of Europe. Everybody laughed at the time, but they are not laughing anymore!) has been SABOTAGED. This could lead to major escalation, or War!” the Republican billionaire tycoon wrote.
29 Sept 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: NATO members are concerned about incidents on the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, which appear to be the results of acts of sabotage, NATO said in a statement
29 Sept 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: The "sabotage" that caused damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines may lead to an escalation or even war, former US President Donald Trump warned
29 Sept 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov
admitted on Thursday that Nord Stream explosions could have been a terrorist attack:
on the lines of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines may take more than six months, Pavel Zavalny, who heads the State Duma’s Committee on Energy, believes.
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."
Our export license has been revoked, Turkey and Europe will not be affected
The Russian company, which operates the TurkStream natural gas pipeline, which carries Russian natural gas to eastern and southern European countries via the Black Sea and Turkey, announced that its export license was canceled by the Dutch government.
South Stream Transport BV said it will continue to ship gas and has applied for license renewal.
into an act of sabotage against the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council
...against the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines, Russian Permanent Representative to the United Nations Vasily Nebenzya said at a UN Security Council.
"Russia calls for a thorough investigation to find out the real cause of what happened," he noted.
"We hope that you (Western members of the UNSC) will refrain from engaging in Russophobic verbal games that defy common sense, similar to those that you used in relation to Ukrainian strikes on the Zaporozhye Nuclear Power Plant," Nebenzya said.
"It is absolutely clear to us that ordinary terrorists aren't capable of carrying out sabotage activities of this complexity and scale. We view actions aimed at damaging the gas pipelines as a deliberate act of sabotage against Russia's crucial energy facility," the envoy stressed.
"We will certainly establish all those involved in this act of sabotage. Any international investigation into what happened can claim impartiality only if Russia takes part in it," Nebenzya added.
"We had not linked the Nord Stream incident to the situation in Ukraine before our US colleague delivered his speech but now we understand that our Western colleagues see this act of sabotage - regardless of who is behind it - as some kind of revenge for Russia's activities in Ukraine," Nebenzya noted.
30 Sept 2022 - RU: US benefits from the Nord Stream incidents, Russian Security Council suggests
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.
1 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: UK offers assistance to Denmark in investigating sabotage at Nord Stream
1 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: Russian diplomat slams London’s assistance in investigation into pipeline incident
1 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: Russian diplomat slams London’s assistance in investigation into pipeline incident
Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said that the UK’s offer to assist Denmark in the investigation into sabotage at the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines resembled "foxes fighting for chickens’ rights."
"The UK offered Denmark its help in investigating sabotage at Nord Streams, the office of [UK] Prime Minister [Liz Truss] reported. Foxes are fighting for chickens’ rights," the diplomat wrote on her Telegram channel on Saturday.
1 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan
tried to avoid questions about who benefits from the broken energy ties between Moscow and the European Union when speaking about the Nord Stream incident, the Russian Embassy in Washington said in a statement
3 Oct 2022 - RU: Russian Navy Project 20380 Steregushchiy-class corvette RFS Stoikiy (545) northbound under the Storebaelt Bridge in Denmark
5 Oct 2022 - RU: Russian nuclear powered submarine Belgorod reportedly deployed
5 Oct 2022 - RU: Russian Doomsday Sub Belgorod Spotted in the Arctic
5 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: Official says Russia collects facts on Nord Stream sabotage, sees Western trace
Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin has said Russia continues to collect facts regarding the sabotage against the Nord Stream, but some indirect data point to a Western trace.
"We continue to collect facts. They are so far indirect. But the indirect data, both the data that were earlier published and the data that aren’t yet in the public domain, of course point to a Western trace," he said, fielding questions from journalist Pavel Zarubin.
5 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: Press review: Russian top court okays accession and chances to revive Nord Stream revealed
5 Oct 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: The EU countries will have to face the truth and admit that they were betrayed by their allies in the situation involving the Nord Stream incidents, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel
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