Stockholm, Feb. 26 (Xinhua) -- Copenhagen news: Denmark announced on the 26th that it had ended its investigation into the Nord Stream gas pipeline incident because there was "no sufficient reason to initiate a criminal case in Denmark."
Denmark** said in a press release on the same day that although the investigation found that ** was the result of sabotage, there was no good reason to refer the matter to the Danish court, according to Swedish television.
Denmark's decision provoked displeasure from Russia. According to Russian media reports, Russian press secretary Dmitry Peskov said on the 26th that Denmark's approach was "almost ridiculous", "on the one hand, they admitted that there was deliberate sabotage, but on the other hand, they did not continue the investigation".
On the 7th of this month, the Swedish prosecutor announced the end of the investigation into the "Nord Stream" pipeline ** incident that lasted for more than 16 months, and "the conclusion of the investigation is that Sweden lacks jurisdiction".
Denmark and Sweden have so far not publicly identified any suspects in connection with the Nord Stream incidents. Swedish prosecutors previously said that the investigation confirmed the sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines, but it was not known who did it.
Jan Obery, founder of the Swedish Institute for Transnational Peace and Futures, has said that the Nord Stream pipelines were blown up by the United States and its NATO allies. Seymour Hersh, a well-known investigative journalist in the United States, also broke the news that the "Nord Stream" pipeline was secretly sabotaged by US intelligence services and the US military. The United States** denies this.
The Nord Stream gas pipeline departs from Russia and reaches Germany via the Baltic Sea floor. On September 26, 2022, a large amount of natural gas leaked from the pipeline**. The investigation found that three of the four pipelines were leaking, with a total of four leak points, located in the waters near Sweden and Denmark. **In the aftermath of the incident, Denmark, Sweden and Germany launched separate investigations, but refused to allow Russia to participate, and the investigation proceeded very slowly. After Sweden announced the end of the investigation, Germany said it would continue to investigate.