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A Ukrainian man is suspected of causing explosions that damaged Nord Stream pipelines Russia And Germany Detained in Germany more than three years ago.
a judge in federal court Karlsruhe Federal prosecutors said an arrest warrant was issued Friday for Ukrainian Serhiy Kuznitsov, 49, and he was ordered detained.
On September 26, 2022, undersea explosions damaged pipelines built to carry Russian natural gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea. The loss increased tensions over the war in Ukraine as European countries began to distance themselves from Russian energy sources following the Kremlin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
German prosecutors said Kuznitsov was one of a group of people who placed explosives on the pipelines and was believed to be the coordinator. He said they were suspected of carrying out explosions, anti-constitutional subversion and destruction of structures.
Prosecutors said the suspect and others used a yacht that departed from the German port of Rostock, chartered from a German company, using fake IDs and with the help of middlemen.
Kuznitsov has denied any involvement in the bombings and said he was in Ukraine where he served as an army captain at the time of the blasts.
He arrived in Germany on Thursday after Italy’s highest court approved his extradition on November 19. He was detained on 21 August on a European arrest warrant at a campground near the Adriatic coastal town. Rimini, ItalyWhere he was vacationing with his family.
In October, a Polish court blocked the extradition to Germany of another Ukrainian man suspected of involvement in a 2022 attack on gas pipelines and ordered his release.
The Polish judge said that attacks on pipelines should be understood as a military action in a “just war” and therefore not subject to criminal responsibility on the part of an individual. The Italian court that decided on Kuznitsov’s extradition did not accept this argument.