As of: February 7, 2024, 12:57 p.m
By: Florian Naumann
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Sweden is closing its Nord Stream investigation.
Now it's Germany's turn.
There is understanding from the Bundestag - but also a warning.
Stockholm/Berlin – Swedish authorities have been investigating the attacks on the Nordstream 1 and 2 pipelines for well over a year – the investigations are now over.
Without a result.
The responsible public prosecutor's office announced this in dry words on Wednesday (February 7th).
“The preliminary investigations were systematic and careful.
Against the background of the situation we now have, we can state that there is no jurisdiction under Swedish jurisprudence,” the TV station
SVT
quoted prosecutor Mats Ljungkvist as saying.
The alleged end of the investigation had already become public on Tuesday.
However, the issue continues to concern the media in the Scandinavian country.
Further mystery about Nord Stream: Sweden does not provide any information about “any suspects”
Swedish authorities began investigations after the gas pipeline explosions in the Swedish economic zone in September 2022.
In November 2022, investigators announced that they had found remains of explosives on several “foreign bodies”.
There was a suspicion of “serious sabotage”.
Ljungkvist now praised the “quick and effective deployment” of the Swedish navy and coastal defense.
This was the only way we could “achieve the investigative situation that we have now achieved,” he emphasized.
However, the efforts will not have any legal consequences.
The public prosecutor referred to ongoing investigations in Germany - he did not want to provide any information about the “conclusions” of the Swedish investigations or about “any suspects”.
Nord Stream investigations ended: Germany continues – in “mined terrain”
But there is “good international cooperation”.
In the course of this, possible evidence was also handed over to Germany, said Ljungkvist.
The Green politician Konstantin von Notz, head of the Bundestag's Parliamentary Control Committee, showed
understanding on
NDR .
“Germany is seriously affected by this act of sabotage in a completely different way,” he emphasized.
“Infrastructure worth billions was destroyed, with relevant effects on Germany”.
A photograph from the Swedish coast guard shows the gas stream leak - Green politician Konstantin von Notz sees difficult investigations.
© Montage: picture-alliance/dpa/Monika Skolimowska/Swedish Coast Guard/fn
He did not want to make any assumptions about the perpetrators: “This is mined terrain,” explained the Green politician.
“If states could be involved, then you have to check every lead ten times.”
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The issue of the Nord Stream explosions also continues to concern Sweden.
Almost at the same time, SVT
published
a conversation with the port manager of the southeastern Swedish municipality of Sandhamn.
According to his own information, he welcomed the crew of the sailing boat “Andromeda” in the harbor in September 2022.
According to media reports, the name of the boat also appears in the German Nord Stream investigations.
There were “more than five” people on board, the man recalled.
He noticed that the men and women paid the port fees in cash and euros.
Other guests said that the group kept to themselves and did not help newly arriving boats dock.
The newspaper
Expressen
had already discovered some time ago that the “Andromeda” had anchored in Sandhamn less than two weeks before the Nord Stream explosions.
The yacht was also spotted near the gas pipes, it said.
German investigators also discovered traces of military explosives on the boat.
The comparison with the Swedish finds could now help, explained von Notz.
In May 2023 , a German-Swedish-Danish-Polish research group led by
Expressen
also saw signs of a lead to Ukraine.
Later Poland also came into focus.
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