By James Simons-
Russia is apparently considering what “further steps” to take against Britain after alleging that the UK was responsible for an attack on the Nord Stream undersea gas pipelines.
The Kremlin did not say what further steps it was considering, except to emphasis wider considerations for either punitive or retaliatory action against the Uk.
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“Our intelligence services have data indicating that British military specialists were directing and coordinating attack,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov(pictured) said on Tuesday.
“There is evidence that Britain is involved in sabotage, in a terrorist attack on vital energy infrastructure, not just Russian, but international.”
Calling on the West to “carefully” analyse Moscow’s information, Russia’s spokesperson fell short of providing any evidence to support its claim
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“We expect that despite the unacceptable silence of the European countries, this analysis will nevertheless be carried out,” Mr Peskov said, adding that Russia would also consider further steps.
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s spokesman said on Tuesday London would not be drawn into “distractions which are part of the Russian playbook”.
On Monday, Foreign Secretary James Cleverly told parliament that Russian allegations against the UK were “increasingly detached from reality”.
“They are designed to distract the Russian people from the reality of Russian failures on the battlefield,” he told members of parliament.
However, those responses from parliament are insufficient to demonstrate that the allegations are false, and despite wide knowledge that Russians are known for peddaling lies and false propagation, does not preclude Britain or any other country from committing unlawful acts and denying them.
In the meantime, without evidewnce from Russia to support their claims, it remains nothing more than an allegation. It remains worthy of interest who is actually responsible for the claims they have made.
Explosions in late September sent natural gas bubbling up from the pipelines on the floor of the Baltic Sea to the surface in a major environmental disaster that further ratcheted up geopolitical tensions over energy supplies.
Ukraine and some Western countries called the attacks sabotage and pointed the finger at Russia.
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