Russia Needs Permission for Its Ships to Probe Nord Stream Ruptures: Novak

Russia Needs Permission for Its Ships to Probe Nord Stream Ruptures: Novak
A gas leak from the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, as seen from the Danish F-16 interceptor in Bornholm, Denmark, on Sept. 27, 2022. Danish Defence Command/Forsvaret Ritzau Scanpix/via Reuters
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MOSCOW—Russia needs permission for its vessels to conduct investigations into explosions that damaged Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.

He did not specify who should grant the permission but Nord Stream AG, the operator of the older Nord Stream 1 pipeline, said last week that the owner of a survey vessel it chartered did not have the greenlight from the Norwegian foreign ministry to depart and start assessing ruptures to the pipelines.