# Kremlin expects court to identify perpetrators and masterminds behind Nord Stream sabotage

https://mins.news/en/item/96259

- TASS, 2026-10-12 10:42 UTC
- World
- Original: https://tass.com/politics/2200823

> Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow expects the trial beginning October 14 to identify those who carried out and ordered the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage. He called for an objective proceeding and a verdict, adding that he believed no one doubted who was really behind it. Hamburg’s Higher Regional Court will hear the case of a Ukrainian citizen suspected of involvement in the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 sabotage; 16 hearings are scheduled through December 17.

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