DISINFO: The CIA behind the Nord Stream sabotage
SUMMARY
International media agree that the US Central Intelligence Agency is behind the Nord Stream sabotage.
RESPONSE
Disinformation alleging that the US is behind the recent sabotage explosions on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines.
Denmark, Sweden and Germany have started investigations to establish the cause of the leaks and explosions. Denmark and Sweden, in whose exclusive economic zone the explosions occurred, are going to inspect the sites of the leaks after the gas stops coming out into the sea. This is the first step in determining what caused the leaks.
Pro-Kremlin media are promoting a number of different claims alleging that the leaks were planned by the US, UK, Poland or Ukraine. This is similar to the Kremlin's disinformation campaign in the situation with MH-17. See our article Nord Stream 1 & 2 sabotage - disinformation a la MH-17?
See more disinformation cases related to Nord Stream claiming that The US blew up Nord Stream 1 and 2 to sell more gas to Europe, that US benefits from destroying of Nord Stream because it can now sell more liquefied natural gas to Europe, that the US is instigating war in Ukraine to boycott the NS2 project, that Nord Stream 2 is the only guarantee of Europe's energy security, that the EU's gas problems are a result of its fight for "energy independence".