(Reuters) – Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Zakharova said on Monday that the United States was responsible for last year’s explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 undersea pipelines that carry natural gas from Russia to Europe. “The U.S. administration needs to comment on all the facts,” he said.
U.S. journalist Seymour Hayes reported on his blog on Thursday that the U.S. was behind the Nord Stream explosion. Reuters has not independently verified this information.
The White House said Mr Hersh’s information was “absolutely false and completely fabricated.”
The Russian government has repeatedly accused the West of being responsible for the Nord Stream explosion and gas leak last September, without providing any evidence.
