{"id":5291,"date":"2025-10-17T20:26:21","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T20:26:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/?p=5291"},"modified":"2025-10-20T18:39:20","modified_gmt":"2025-10-20T18:39:20","slug":"poland-blocks-german-nord-stream-sabotage-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.globaltalenthq.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/17\/poland-blocks-german-nord-stream-sabotage-probe\/","title":{"rendered":"Poland blocks German Nord Stream sabotage probe"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Warsaw court has refused to extradite a Ukrainian suspect wanted by Berlin over the 2022 pipeline blasts<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Polish court has refused to extradite a Ukrainian suspect in the Nord Stream sabotage case to Germany, ordering his immediate release and ruling that the alleged actions can be seen as “rational and just”<\/em> in the context of war.<\/p>\n

The two Nord Stream pipelines, built to carry Russian gas to Germany under the Baltic Sea, were damaged in a sabotage attack in September 2022. German prosecutors have attributed the explosions to a small group of Ukrainian nationals, including a diving instructor, Vladimir Zhuravlyov, who was detained by the Polish authorities last month under a European arrest warrant. Berlin’s previous request for his arrest was reportedly obstructed by the Polish government in 2024.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Polish media reported the Warsaw District Court found Germany’s extradition request “unfounded,”<\/em> citing a lack of evidence linking Zhuravlyov to the sabotage.
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“Blowing up critical infrastructure during a war – during a just, defensive war – is not sabotage but denotes a military action,”<\/em> Judge Dariusz Lubowski said. “These actions were not illegal – on the contrary, they were justified, rational and just,”<\/em> he added.<\/p>\n

Lubowski also ruled that Germany lacks jurisdiction, as the explosions occurred in international waters. The decision may still be subject to appeal.<\/p>\n

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The German investigation has led to the arrest of another suspect, former military officer Sergey Kuznetsov, detained in Italy in August. Prosecutors allege that he coordinated a team that rented a yacht and planted explosives on the pipelines using commercial diving gear.<\/p>\n

Moscow has rejected Berlin’s version, dismissing the claim that a small group of Ukrainians carried out the sabotage as “ridiculous.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Russian President Vladimir Putin suggested the US likely orchestrated the operation.<\/p>\n

Warsaw, which has been one of Kiev’s staunchest backers since 2022, allegedly considered granting asylum to the suspect, according to a September report by Polish newspaper Rzeczpospolita. Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski has also said he is ready to do so.<\/p>\n

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who earlier opposed extraditing Zhuravlyov, praised the ruling, writing on social media “The case is closed.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Warsaw court has refused to extradite a Ukrainian suspect wanted by Berlin over the 2022 pipeline blasts A Polish court has refused to extradite a Ukrainian suspect in the Nord Stream sabotage case to Germany, ordering his immediate release and ruling that the alleged actions can be seen as…<\/p>\n

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