Won’t recognise Nord Stream probe if domestic experts excluded: Russia

Without the participation of Russian experts, Moscow won’t recognise any results of investigation into leaks on the Nord Stream pipelines, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

In a statement, the Ministry added on Thursday that it had summoned envoys from Germany, Denmark and Sweden in recent days to express “bewilderment” over Russia’s exclusion from a joint probe into the sabotage, Xinhua news agency reported.

If Russian experts are not allowed to take part in the investigation, “Moscow will proceed from the fact that the mentioned countries have something to hide or are covering up for the perpetrators of these terrorist acts,” it said.