The nation\u2019s top court has blocked the handover of the detained ex-Ukrainian army officer to Germany<\/p>\n
Italy\u2019s top court has suspended the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian national suspected of coordinating the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage.
\nThe Court of Cassation ruled in favor of Sergey Kuznetsov, citing \u201cincorrect legal classification\u201d of facts described in the European arrest warrant, lawyer Nicola Canestrini said on Wednesday. The case will be retried at a later date.
\nPolice detained Kuznetsov, a former Ukrainian military officer, while on vacation near the city of Rimini in August. He denies any involvement in the explosions that disabled the twin pipelines built to transport Russian gas to Germany via the Baltic Sea.
\nPoland\u2019s National Security Bureau (BBN) said on Wednesday that it opposes the extradition of another suspect, Ukrainian national Vladimir Zhuravlyov, who was detained in late September in Warsaw.<\/p>\n
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Warsaw demands halt to Nord Stream sabotage probe \u2013 FT<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is in the vital interest of the Polish state for the alleged perpetrator or perpetrators of the damage to the Nord Stream gas pipeline to avoid being held accountable for this act,\u201d the BBN said in a statement, according to the Polish Press Agency.
\nRussia has criticized Germany for the lack of transparency and for shutting it out of the investigation.
\nSergey Naryshkin, the head of Russia\u2019s Foreign Intelligence Service, said in 2024 that he had \u201cinformation\u201d that the US and UK were behind the sabotage. Washington, London, and Kiev have all denied involvement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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