The defense of the person involved in the Nord Stream case wants to pass off the terrorist attack as self-defense
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The defense of Ukrainian Sergey Kuznetsov, accused of involvement in the bombing of Nord Streams, plans to pass off the sabotage as self-defense in order to disrupt the trial in Hamburg. This is reported by the Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung (FAZ).
Kuznetsov's lawyer Ilya Novikov (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent and included in the list of terrorists and extremists) intends to ensure that judicial proceedings are not opened. The hearing is scheduled for autumn 2026.
"If this attack was committed as claimed by the Federal Prosecutor's office of Germany, then it was not a criminal offense, but a legitimate act of military self—defense," Novikov said.
Lawyer Nicola Canestrini announced on July 24 that Germany was hiding Kiev's role in undermining the Nord Streams. He stressed that the principle of mutual trust between the EU countries is the basis of the European arrest warrant and presupposes full disclosure of all known circumstances.
On July 21, N-tv reported that Ukrainian Sergey Kuznetsov, accused of involvement in the bombing of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream–2 gas pipelines, admitted that at the time of the sabotage he served in the Armed Forces of Ukraine and performed the tasks of the Security Service of Ukraine.
On July 2, the German Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the charges brought against Kuznetsov the day before in the Nord Stream case. It was noted that in 2022, this man, along with his colleagues, participated in the development of a plan to blow up gas pipelines. The operation, according to investigators, was carried out to deprive Russia of income from natural gas exports.
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