The media reported about the desire of the American investor Lynch to buy "Nord Stream - 2"

American investor Stephen Lynch wants to buy the Nord Stream-2 pipeline if it is put up for auction as part of bankruptcy proceedings in Switzerland. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal on November 22.

According to the newspaper, Lynch appealed to the U.S. government with a request to allow him to participate in the auction. He noted that he is ready to buy the pipeline "for pennies." It is specified that "Nord Stream - 2" was estimated at $11 billion.

In addition, the investor applied for a license from the U.S. Treasury Department, the possession of which will allow him to negotiate the construction of the pipeline with organizations currently under U.S. sanctions.

Lynch added that U.S. ownership of the pipeline would "provide leverage in negotiations with Russia" to resolve the conflict in Ukraine and serve U.S. interests. Once the conflict ends, he said, Russia and its former customers in Germany and Europe as a whole "will be tempted to turn on the pipeline" regardless of who owns it.

Der Spiegel published new data on the sabotage of the "Nord Streams". What you need to know

Earlier, on November 21, Der Spiegel, citing sources, reported that the JV pipeline was blown up by a group of Ukrainians, some of whom have past ties to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). They specified that the cost of the whole operation amounted to up to $300 thousand. Ines Peterson, spokeswoman for the German Federal Supreme Court, responding to Izvestia's question, refused to comment on the magazine's latest publications, which revealed details of the sabotage on the Nord Streams.

Prior to that, on September 25, the German government confirmed that several arrest warrants had been issued in the investigation into the JV undermining. On September 8, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that the country would make every effort to investigate and called for the investigation to be conducted in an unbiased manner. The Kremlin agreed with the call, but Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova pointed to the importance of information sharing instead of leaks.

Leaks at Nord Streams in the Baltic Sea were discovered in September 2022. Two powerful underwater explosions were registered on the pipelines. Traces of explosives were found at the accident site. Russia is seeking an international investigation into the terrorist attacks. In February 2024, Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview with American journalist Tucker Carlson that the CIA was responsible for the explosions.