The Kremlin on Thursday denied reports that 700,000 Russians have fled the country since Moscow announced a mobilization campaign that it said would draw hundreds of thousands of people to fight in Ukraine.
In a briefing with journalists, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said he did not have exact figures on how many people had left the country since President Vladimir Putin’s announcement of a “partial mobilization” on September 21.
Nord Stream investigations leave Russia out of the game
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that Russia had been informed through diplomatic channels that it was not planned to invite Moscow to participate in an investigation into the Nord Stream gas leaks.
Europe is investigating the causes of the rupture of three gas pipelines of the Nord Stream network in an act of suspected sabotage near Swedish and Danish waters that Moscow quickly tried to attribute to the West, suggesting that the United States was winning.
This week, Nord Stream operators said they were unable to inspect the damaged sections due to restrictions imposed by Danish and Swedish authorities who are cordoning off the leaks that occurred in their exclusive economic zones.
“We were informed through diplomatic channels that for now there is no plan to ask the Russian side to join the investigations,” Peskov said, adding that Russia replied that it was not possible to conduct an objective investigation without the participation of Russia. Moscow.
On Tuesday, Swedish Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said the area of the Nord Stream gas leaks was “a Swedish crime scene investigation and Denmark run a Danish crime scene”.
“That is the basic question. We do not usually involve foreign powers in our criminal investigations. That is the basic approach. You can’t argue,” he said at a briefing.
Information of: Jerusalem Post
Photo credits: Reuters
