CRIME SEQUENCE RECONSTRUCTION
(DECEMBER 2022)
PART 16/16
(BASED ON NORDSTREAM FILES MASTER DATA-FILE)
...previously: PART 15 (November 2022)
SUMMARY
Part 16 of larger series examining the Nord Stream pipeline incidents.
Exploring DATA from December 2022, contextualizing the incident
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
The UK is the perpetrator.
The USA decided to withdraw from Baltic sea before bombing happened.
Norway was the whistleblower.
Nordstream shareholders Germany and France knew about the threat
USA took leadership in protecting Trans-Atlantic alliance
NATO Deter and Defend protected the perpetrator against Russian retaliation
The cover-up to save NATO and Trans-Atlantic alliance
Events in chronological order grouped - DECEMBER 2022 day-by-day:
MOST SERIOUS SECURITY SITUATION IN DECADES
THREE KEY PERSONS IN NORDSTREAM AFFAIR (225)
On 1 Dec 2022 - NATO: Secretary General thanks Germany for contributions at critical time
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked Germany on Thursday (1 December 2022) for its ''significant contributions to our Alliance,'' stressing that German leadership ''is more important than ever as we face the most serious security situation in decades.''
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg thanked Germany on Thursday (1 December 2022) for its ''significant contributions to our Alliance,'' stressing that German leadership ''is more important than ever as we face the most serious security situation in decades.''
On 1 Dec 2022 - NATO: Joint press conference - by NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and the Chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany, Olaf Scholz
"German Chancellor Olaf Scholz: [as interpreted] Secretary General, dear Jens, it is good to be able to welcome you to the Chancellor's office. You have been visiting us quite often. You were here yesterday and you're back today.
As I said, yesterday evening, we enjoyed a dinner together with the Norwegian Prime Minister and an excellent discussion over dinner. Today, we had a bilateral discussion...
The NATO Secretary General and I also discussed the security of critical infrastructure, especially in the North Sea. The North Stream sabotage acts have shown that we have to reassess the risks to our energy infrastructure. And this is especially true for the North Sea where we aim to cooperate with our Allies and partners to protect our critical infrastructure. Today and yesterday, when the Norwegian Prime Minister was with us, we agreed that we have to coordinate this internationally. NATO however, should be the first point of contact, we can benefit from its expertise, its capabilities and its task.
Thus, Germany would welcome the fact if NATO were to take over a stronger coordinating function for the security of critical infrastructure, also on and under the sea. NATO can serve as an important interface here for the coordination of the different relevant actors, can contribute a shared situation picture...
So I welcome the German-Norwegian initiative to establish a NATO Undersea Infrastructure Centre.
Such a Centre would provide Allies with better situational awareness.
Map our vulnerabilities.
GERMAN-NORWEGIAN CENTRE FOR FOR PROTECTION OF SUBSEA INFRATRUCTURE (089)
On 1 Dec 2022 NATO news: NATO Secretary General with the Chancellor of Germany 🇩🇪 Olaf Scholz
”Mr Stoltenberg welcomed the German-Norwegian initiative to establish a NATO centre to coordinate the protection of subsea infrastructure."
”Mr Stoltenberg welcomed the German-Norwegian initiative to establish a NATO centre to coordinate the protection of subsea infrastructure."
“Such a Centre would provide Allies with better situational awareness, map our vulnerabilities and help deter and recover from any disruptive actions against Allied undersea infrastructure”, he said.
On 2 Dec 2022 Telephone conversation with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz
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.
On 2 Dec 2022 TASS, @tassagency_en: "The explosions on the Crimean Bridge and on Nord Stream pipelines are akin to one another since both are acts of terrorism", Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said
On 2 Dec 2022 - GER: Germany bypasses Russian gas by signing contract… with Qatar
A controversial agreement. Since Russia's invasion of Ukraine last February, European countries have been looking for alternatives to Russian gas. This is how Germany is tending to go it alone, by signing an agreement on November 29, 2022, with Qatar Energy and the American company ConocoPhillips . Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi, the Qatari Minister of Energy, welcomes the fact that this contract "contributes to efforts to support energy security in Germany and Europe" . This gas agreement is one of the most important in Europe: "Qatar will supply up to 2 million tons of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) from 2026. Deliveries will be made over a period of 15 years, in so facto ensuring Germany long-term energy security."
A questionable choice
The journey required to export Qatari gas is considerable: the LNG tankers will leave Qatar and will travel thousands of kilometres, passing through the Gulf of Aden, the Suez Canal, crossing the Mediterranean Sea, Gibraltar, skirting Spain, passing through the English Channel before reaching the German coast. It implies a lack of flexibility, inherent in the slow movement of the LNG tankers. While Germany, and more broadly Europe, fears gas supply disruptions, the solution seems precarious in more than one way.
FREEZING WINDS 22
On 2 Dec 2022 - USA: USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) completes participation in Finnish exercise Freezing Winds, arrives in Helsinki. The exercise involved units and personnel from 12 countries, including Finland, Sweden, the United States and NATO Allied Maritime Command’s (MARCOM) Standing NATO Maritime Group (SNMG) 1.
Commodore Jukka Anteroinen, Chief of Staff of the Finnish Navy Command. “The involvement of the U.S. partners is a very welcome enhancement to the Finnish Navy’s Freezing Winds 22 exercise. High-level assets such as USS Paul Ignatius, P8 Poseidon and the always professional Marine Corps personnel bring a great add-on value to our maritime operations with significant capabilities they provide. Our combined training will increase the stability and security of the entire Baltic Sea region.”
After completing the opening remarks of the conference at the NAVEUR-NAVAF and SIXTHFLT headquarters, the commanders and command master chiefs transitioned to the USS George H.W. Bush, to discuss the how CTF leaders could improve regional security, and advance the unity of U.S. partners and allies.
These discussions included an in-depth look at the fleet’s current rules of engagement, and how each command should professionally interact with foreign navy’s at-sea in accordance with international law.
Ishee said aligning fleet-wide intent was important especially with regard to the heightened tensions throughout the European theater.
“We need to focus on where we are today,” said Ishee. “And where we are today is a focus on ‘Deter and Defend.’ This is the time we need to think about, and really incorporate this mindset – especially because we are the forward-deployed forces. We are out here every day operating with Allies and partners.”
The discussions on operational mission-standards also highlighted the importance of deterrence and defense by Allies and partners...
Russia must not and will not win this war. It is equally obvious and clear, and we stand by that, that NATO itself must not become party to the conflict, for this would lead to an escalation with unforeseeable consequences for the planet...
NATO is and remains the central guarantor of our collective security.
We will stand ready to support each other, any Ally, against any threat, and to protect every inch of the Alliance.
RESTORING TRANS ATLANTIC BOND
ROGUE STATE SLOWLY ACCPTED BACK BETWEEN ALLIES
On 2 Dec 2022 - NATO: @NATO: Strength of the transatlantic bond. French fighter jets fly from a US aircraft carrier during multicarrier operations in which 3 #NATO Carrier Strike Groups 🇫🇷 🇮🇹 🇺🇸 sailed together in European waters, demonstrating their commitment to the security of the Euro-Atlantic area.
STRONGER TOGETHER
TRUSS FRACTURED NATO ALLIANCE (054, 077, 091, 096, 106, 107, 134, 225, 047)
On 2 Dec 2022 - USA: @POTUS: France and the United States have always stood together.
NATO, @NATO: Strength of the transatlantic bond. French fighter jets fly from a US aircraft carrier during multicarrier operations in which 3 #NATO Carrier Strike Groups 🇫🇷🇮🇹🇺🇸 sailed together in European waters, demonstrating their commitment to the security of the Euro-Atlantic area
On 3 Dec 2022 - USA/PL: COM SNMG1, @COM_SNMG1: Upon arrival in Gdynia 🇵🇱 Commander #SNMG1 visited the mayor - Mr. Marek Lucyk, the Polish Maritime Component Commander - Rear-admiral Krysztof Jaworski and the Commander of the 3rd ship Flotilla - Rear-admiral Miroslaw Jurkowlaniec #WeAreNATO
MORE COMPLEX, EVER CHANGING SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
On 6 - 8 Dec 2022 - NATO news: 'In the blink of an eye, the challenges of tomorrow will be here', notes Director General of the NATO International Military Staff at the Alliance Warfare Development Conference. The Director General of the NATO International Military Staff (DGIMS), Lieutenant General Janusz Adamczak, participated in the Alliance Warfare Development (AWD) Conference, which took place from 6 to 8 December in Norfolk, Virginia, US. This year’s event was themed “Better Today, Stronger Tomorrow” and brought together key NATO and Allied representatives to discuss how the Alliance can better prepare and respond to a more complex and an ever-changing security environment.
Allied Command Transformation (ACT) - flagship event “ACT’s mission is to propose the adaptation, evolution and transformation of NATO’s Military Instrument of Power, in order to fulfil the Alliance’s missions, and ambition."
“We are now in a new era of collective defence. We don’t have the luxury of focusing solely on the challenges of today, because in the blink of an eye, the challenges of tomorrow will be here”, stressed General Adamczak.
During his visit to JFC Norfolk, the Director General met with Commander Vice Admiral Daniel Dwyer and discussed the Operational Command’s main activities, dedicated to maintaining the Alliance’s maritime readiness and responsiveness, deterring aggression and defending Allies in the North Atlantic and High North.
On 6 Dec 2022 - USA/NATO: #ICYMI USS Gerald R. Ford @Warship_78 recently completed her first deployment leading a multi-national Carrier Strike Group in the North Atlantic, demonstrating the strength of the @NATO transatlantic link and the future of carrier aviation.
US UK PARTNERSHIP TO REDUCE GLOBAL DEPENDENCE ON RUSSIAN ENERGY,
On 2 Dec 2022 USA Ambassador Jane Hartley, @USAmbUK: "Great to talk with Prime Minister @RishiSunak yesterday. From combatting Russia’s aggression in Ukraine, to tackling the climate crisis, the 🇺🇸 & 🇬🇧 are united."
On 5 Dec 2022 US Ambassador Jane Hartley, @USAmbUK: "Today I welcomed @DeputySecState Wendy Sherman to London, and joined her as we met with HMG officials to discuss the war in Ukraine, economic challenges and the numerous other global issues the 🇺🇸 & 🇬🇧 are working on together."
On 7 Dec 2022 UK Prime Minister, @10DowningStreet: "The UK and US are joining forces. We’re working together to reduce global dependence on Russian energy with a new energy partnership"
On 7 Dec 2022 UK Prime Minister, @10DowningStreet: "The UK and US are joining forces. We’re working together to reduce global dependence on Russian energy with a new energy partnership"
SWEDEN IN THE USA
Between 6 - 8 Dec 2022 - SWE: Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström visiting Washington DC on 6–8 December Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström is visiting Washington DC on 6–8 December for a meeting with U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken. Discussions will focus on Sweden's Presidency of the Council of the EU, Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, China and NATO.
On 8 Dec 2022 - SWE: Remarks by Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström at the Atlantic Council
UK-FRANCE STRATEGIC REBOOT IN POST NORDSTREAM WORLD
FRANCO-GERMAN AUTONOMY, SECURITY DEPENDENCY
On 8 Dec 2022 - UK: France-UK relations: A much-needed strategic reboot
Both France and Britain are trying to reposition themselves post-Brexit. In pursuit of its Global Britain Strategy free from the shackles of the EU’s institutional arrangements, the UK is looking towards strengthening ties with the Anglo-Saxon democracies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US, and important powers like India and Japan; while France is championing strategic autonomy to reduce Europe’s security dependency on Washington and NATO, and prioritising strengthening the powerful but recently strained Franco-German axis in the EU.
US LED SECURITY IN NORTH ATLANTIC AND ARCTIC (158)
On 8 Dec 2022 - UK: France-UK relations: A much-needed strategic reboot
Both France and Britain are trying to reposition themselves post-Brexit. In pursuit of its Global Britain Strategy free from the shackles of the EU’s institutional arrangements, the UK is looking towards strengthening ties with the Anglo-Saxon democracies of Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the US, and important powers like India and Japan; while France is championing strategic autonomy to reduce Europe’s security dependency on Washington and NATO, and prioritising strengthening the powerful but recently strained Franco-German axis in the EU.
US LED SECURITY IN NORTH ATLANTIC AND ARCTIC (158)
On 8 Dec 2022 - Vice Admiral Daniel Dwyer, Commander JFC Norfolk, hosted leaders from across #NATO and led discussions concerning the security environment in the North Atlantic and Arctic regions and planned activities for 2023 and beyond.
US STRATCOM (211)
On 9 Dec 2022 - USA: Stratcom Gets New Leader
"Let us always ensure that the most dangerous weapons ever produced by human science are managed with the greatest responsibility ever produced by human government." Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III oversaw the ceremony and told the audience that the command is adjusting to face new challenges.
"Let us always ensure that the most dangerous weapons ever produced by human science are managed with the greatest responsibility ever produced by human government." Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III oversaw the ceremony and told the audience that the command is adjusting to face new challenges.
WESTERN COMPANIES WITHDRAW FROM RUSSIAN MARKET (040)
On 9 Dec 2022 - FRA: Total Energies to ‘gradually withdraw’ from Russian investments
World’s fifth-largest oil firm finally bows to pressure after invasion of Ukraine, removing representatives from Novatek board.
UNIPER BAILOUT (171)
On 10 Dec 2022 - GER: Shareholders of gas group Uniper approve German bailout. Shareholders in Uniper on Monday approved a state bailout that has so far cost the German government more than 50 billion euros ($53 billion), paving the way for a de facto nationalisation of the struggling gas giant.
As part of the bailout, the German government will end up owning just below 99% of Uniper, Germany's largest gas trader, following two share issues. Germany's Finance Ministry will be responsible for the stake.
JENS STOLTENBERG SECURITY MEETINGS (183)
On 12 Dec 2022 - NATO: Secretary General meets with Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands
On 12 Dec 2022 - NATO: Military Committee visit to NCI Agency (The Hague)
On 12 Dec 2022 - NATO: Military Committee visit to NCI Agency (The Hague)
RELIABLE, TRUSWORTHEY AND LONG TERM PARTNER
On 12 Dec 2022 - UK: British foreign policy and diplomacy: Foreign Secretary's speech, 12 December 2022. Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, gave a speech at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office setting out his vision for UK foreign policy.
...reliable, trustworthy and long term partner...
And we will offer a reliable source of infrastructure investment through the British Investment Partnerships, through UK Export Finance, and through the G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure. We’ve got the message and we know that resources need to flow more quickly from these initiatives into real projects on the ground.
On 12 Dec 2022 - UK: British foreign policy and diplomacy: Foreign Secretary's speech, 12 December 2022. Foreign Secretary, James Cleverly, gave a speech at the Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office setting out his vision for UK foreign policy.
...reliable, trustworthy and long term partner...
And we will offer a reliable source of infrastructure investment through the British Investment Partnerships, through UK Export Finance, and through the G7 Partnership for Global Infrastructure. We’ve got the message and we know that resources need to flow more quickly from these initiatives into real projects on the ground.
UK SPECIAL FORCES DEPLOYED IN UKRAINE
On 13 Dec 2022 Royal Marines have taken part in 'high-risk' covert operations in Ukraine, general reveals for first time Royal Marines Commandos supported "discreet operations" when deployed to Ukraine earlier this year, a former head of the Marines has said.
Lieutenant General Robert Magowan said marines were deployed to Ukraine twice this year - first in January to evacuate the British Embassy in Kyiv.
In a birthday message to Royal Marines Commandos in the Globe and Laurel, the official publication of the Marines, Lt Gen Magowan said the personnel had served in Ukraine "with a high level of political and military risk".
"We have already seen glimpses of the new Commando Force concept playing out for real in the horrific conflict in Ukraine," he said.
"In January this year, 45 Commando Group deployed at short notice from the depths of a dark, north Norwegian winter, to evacuate the British Embassy in Kyiv to Poland," he went on. "The go-to 999 international emergency force, if you will.
"Then in April, they returned in to the country to re-establish the diplomatic mission, providing protection to critical personnel.
"During both phases the commandos supported other discreet operations in a hugely sensitive environment and with a high level of political and military risk."
Lt Gen Magowan also said the "ability to move and operate across" the future battlespace is "highly constrained".
"We are seeing this play out today in fact, in the Donbas and the Black Sea region."
"It is an all-seeing environment, with few places to hide, where there is a constant battle for supremacy of the electromagnetic environment, an environment where you need freedom to fly, communicate, see and strike.
..."It calls for the ability to break in, to move decisively and discreetly, to prosecute effect at range and withdraw – the so-called pulsed operation, as nobody can dominate the battlespace for long periods of time anymore..."
BEYOND GLOBAL BRITAIN (044, 091)
On 13 Dec 2022 Royal Marines have taken part in 'high-risk' covert operations in Ukraine, general reveals for first time Royal Marines Commandos supported "discreet operations" when deployed to Ukraine earlier this year, a former head of the Marines has said.
Lieutenant General Robert Magowan said marines were deployed to Ukraine twice this year - first in January to evacuate the British Embassy in Kyiv.
In a birthday message to Royal Marines Commandos in the Globe and Laurel, the official publication of the Marines, Lt Gen Magowan said the personnel had served in Ukraine "with a high level of political and military risk".
"We have already seen glimpses of the new Commando Force concept playing out for real in the horrific conflict in Ukraine," he said.
"In January this year, 45 Commando Group deployed at short notice from the depths of a dark, north Norwegian winter, to evacuate the British Embassy in Kyiv to Poland," he went on. "The go-to 999 international emergency force, if you will.
"Then in April, they returned in to the country to re-establish the diplomatic mission, providing protection to critical personnel.
"During both phases the commandos supported other discreet operations in a hugely sensitive environment and with a high level of political and military risk."
Lt Gen Magowan also said the "ability to move and operate across" the future battlespace is "highly constrained".
"We are seeing this play out today in fact, in the Donbas and the Black Sea region."
"It is an all-seeing environment, with few places to hide, where there is a constant battle for supremacy of the electromagnetic environment, an environment where you need freedom to fly, communicate, see and strike.
..."It calls for the ability to break in, to move decisively and discreetly, to prosecute effect at range and withdraw – the so-called pulsed operation, as nobody can dominate the battlespace for long periods of time anymore..."
BEYOND GLOBAL BRITAIN (044, 091)
BREXIT AS A ROOT CASE OF UK´S INSTABLITIES (041)
On 15 Dec 2022 - UK: Beyond Global Britain: A realistic foreign policy for the UK
The UK government’s vision for Global Britain aims to restore British greatness as a maritime trading nation. But this vision does not reflect today’s geostrategic realities, including the continuing importance of the EU.
The Johnson government seems to need the perennial fights of a permanent Brexit, but this approach is eroding the UK’s capacity to cooperate with the EU on foreign and security policy.
At the same time, as ECFR polling reveals, the British public do not have any particular animus towards the EU. While the public value British sovereignty and independence, they would support a foreign policy that worked cooperatively with the bloc.
The public is on to something: Britain still has extraordinary assets and can forge an effective foreign policy. Yet, to do so, it must focus on British strengths, avoid military adventures in distant lands, and find balanced, effective working relationships with the EU and the US.
British security and prosperity will increasingly depend on unromantic issues such as carbon tariffs and investment screening – on which the best way to protect British interests is to triangulate between the EU and US positions.
Shortly after the Greenwich speech, Johnson announced that his government would publish the Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development, and Foreign Policy – which Downing Street described as “the largest review of the UK’s foreign, defence, security and development policy since the end of the Cold War”.
‘Global Britain’ was a title in search of a plot, which it was now time to back-fill. The review was published on 16 March 2021 as ‘Global Britain in a Competitive Age’.
To put this in context, the government’s economic forecaster puts the damage to GDP from Brexit at 4 per cent, or twice that of the pandemic. Total UK-EU goods trade was down by 15 per cent, or £17bn, in the second quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2018 (which the organisation used as a comparator). Although it is not easy to distinguish between the effects of Brexit and the pandemic, one estimate puts the reduction in the UK’s overall goods trade due to Brexit at 11 per cent. An academic analysis of the government’s figures concludes that, overall, new trade deals “barely scratch the surface of the UK’s challenge to make up the GDP lost by leaving the EU”.
THIERRY BRETON WANTS UK´S BIGGER ROLE
On 15 Dec 2022 - EU/NATO: European Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton visits NATO - NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg today welcomed the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Thierry Breton, to the NATO Headquarters in Brussels.
Commissioner Breton also briefed the North Atlantic Council today. It was a timely opportunity to take stock of the increased level of NATO-EU cooperation in the face of Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine, to reiterate the vital importance of fostering complementarity and coherence between NATO’s work and the EU’s efforts on defence, and to look ahead at ways to ensure NATO-EU cooperation grows even further. It is critical to continue this conversation and to make it operational. The fullest possible involvement of non-EU Allies in EU defence initiatives remains essential for NATO.
CANADA REVOKES SANCTION WAIVER FOR NORDSTREAM TURBINES (171)
On 15 Dec 2022 - CAN: Canada revokes Nord Stream sanctions waiver. Canada will no longer allow Nord Stream turbines to be repaired in Montreal and returned to Germany, the Canadian government announced on Wednesday. Authorities in Canada have revoked a temporary sanctions waiver that would have allowed the transportation and repair of a damaged turbine.
RUSSIAN NAVAL EXERCISE
On 16 Dec 2022 - RU: The Baltic Fleet has begun a planned exercise involving naval forces
PRICE CAP IN NATURAL GAS AGREED (028, 042)
PRICE CAP IN NATURAL GAS AGREED (028, 042)
On 19 Dec 2022 - EU: The European Energy ministers agreed on a price cap for natural gas at €180 per megawatt-hour.
On 19 Dec 2022 - UK gov: PM opening remarks at JEF Summit
"The Prime Minister addressed the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF) Leaders' Meeting in Riga, Latvia.
We have reviewed the progress we have made in the development of the JEF as an agile, capable, and ready force, and today agreed to undertake a series of integrated military activities across our part of northern Europe – at sea, on land and in the air. For example, we will shortly conduct an exercise demonstrating JEF nations’ freedom of movement in the Baltic Sea."
On 19 Dec 2022 - JEF: Joint Expeditionary Force leaders' statement
"We, the Leaders of the United Kingdom, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Latvia, Lithuania, the Netherlands, Norway and Sweden met today as members of the Joint Expeditionary Force (JEF), a framework of nations established under NATO auspices in 2014. We considered a range of security challenges affecting our region, including increased Russian military activity in the High North, North Atlantic and Baltic Sea region, and growing hybrid threats. We reaffirmed the role of the JEF, working in full complementarity with NATO, in addressing these tensions and upholding defence, security and stability in northern Europe.
...Intentional attacks against the civilian population and civilian objects constitute war crimes...
This year we strengthened our ability to operate together in a crisis, increasing our exercises in response to the challenges confronting us. Today we agreed to accelerate cooperation in tackling hybrid threats, with a focus on deterring and defending against threats to our shared subsea data and energy infrastructure.
PUTIN DEFINES NORDSTREAM AFFAIR AS INTERNATIONAL STATE TERRORIST ACT
BLAMES SPONSORS OF UKRAINE FOR THE ACT (046, 198)
BLAMES SPONSORS OF UKRAINE FOR THE ACT (046, 198)
On 22 Dec 2022 - Vladimir Putin answered questions from journalists
"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."
"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. 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.
MEDVEDEV: ANGLO-SAXONS (053, 176)
On 27 Dec 2022 Former Russian president accuses West of lying, says there can be no business with Anglo-Saxon world.
'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.
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.
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.
THE CLIFFHINGER (132)
On 28 Dec 2022 - SUI: Nord Stream 2 pipeline firm gets 6-month stay of bankruptcy
A Swiss court has granted a six-month “stay of bankruptcy” to the operating company for the never-opened Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was built to bring Russian gas to Germany but put on ice shortly before Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Nord Stream 2 AG, a subsidiary of Russia’s Gazprom, is based in Zug. Nord Stream 2′s court-appointed administrator, Transliq AG, sought the extension.
ONE ISSUE AT A TIME
RUSSIA RESERVS RIGHT TO RETALIATE
On 29 Dec 2022 - RU: TASS, @tassagency_en: "Russia won’t let the West "sweep" the blasts at the Nord Stream pipelines "under the rug", Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said
UK AWARDS, ARE THERE NORDSTREAM PERSONNEL? (194)
On 29 Dec 2022 - UK: 27 Naval personnel named in King Charles' first New Year's Honours
list, list of serving officers RN. Twenty-seven sailors, Royal Marines and Reservists from across the spectrum of command, leadership and branches have been singled out in the King’s first New Year’s Honours list. They have been rewarded for efforts and contributions above the regular call of duty in the Service, from playing key roles in major international deployments,...
UNCERTAIN SECURITY ENVIRONMENT
Jan 2022 - Dec 2022 - US Navy: Cohesion at sea: Maritime deterrence and defense throughout 2022
"As NATO Allies face a complex and uncertain security environment in Europe, we face it together," said Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO). "Through activities, exercises, and operations, our nations and commands prove every single day that NATO is the strongest Alliance in the history of the world. We and our Allies and partners remain vigilant, operate professionally, and stand ready to defend our nations and our Alliance."
"As NATO Allies face a complex and uncertain security environment in Europe, we face it together," said Vice Adm. Thomas Ishee, Commander, U.S. Sixth Fleet and Commander, Naval Striking and Support Forces NATO (STRIKFORNATO). "Through activities, exercises, and operations, our nations and commands prove every single day that NATO is the strongest Alliance in the history of the world. We and our Allies and partners remain vigilant, operate professionally, and stand ready to defend our nations and our Alliance."
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