The State Duma announced London's plans to escalate diversions on the Turkish Stream

The British authorities intend to raise the degree of tension around the world by diversions on the Turkish Stream." This opinion was shared on October 16 by Andrei Kolesnik, a member of the State Duma Committee on Defense.

"The British have always been famous for their provocative actions. They are masters of provocation. They may well cook, then they will frame the Ukrainians, as always, as on the Nord Streams, in order to raise the degree of escalation around the world and try to set Russia at odds with those countries that use the Turkish Stream," the deputy shared in an interview with Lenta.ru .

Earlier in the day, Alexander Bortnikov, director of the Federal Security Service (FSB), said that British intelligence agencies had repeatedly disrupted peaceful initiatives to resolve the Ukrainian crisis and carried out acts of terrorism in Russia. He also noted that the British special services, together with Ukraine, are preparing for sabotage on the Turkish Stream gas pipeline. kp.ru .

Pipeline situation: damage to Germany from the explosion of the Nord Streams exceeds 160 billion euros

While Berlin is hiding the results of the sabotage investigation, the Russian Foreign Ministry is preparing an appeal to the UN International Court of Justice in the case of terrorist attacks.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, responding to a question from Izvestia correspondent Nikolai Ivanov about Bortnikov's words, said that acts of terrorism continue on the part of Ukraine and Western intelligence agencies against Russia's critical energy infrastructure.

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