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Germany carries out raids in sabotage investigation related to former Gazprom unit
Prosecutors suspect a 2022 sale and liquidation plan were meant to disrupt Germany’s gas supply, and say no arrests were made.
- On Wednesday, German prosecutors conducted raids in Berlin and Frankfurt, investigating a suspected 2022 attempt to disrupt gas supplies involving Gazprom Germania.
- Prosecutors allege a Moscow-based company attempted to liquidate the unit to disrupt supplies, which the government said was "of paramount significance" to Germany.
- A Russian citizen is under investigation for accessory to attempted anticonstitutional sabotage and violating investment rules, though authorities reported no arrests were made.
- Federal officials thwarted the liquidation by placing an agency in charge, later nationalizing the unit as Securing Energy to protect the nation's gas infrastructure.
- The investigation unfolds against Germany's scramble to reduce Russian energy reliance after the 2022 invasion, marked by gas supply cuts and Nord Stream pipeline destruction.
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German police probe alleged Russian gas sabotage attempt
BERLIN: German police carried out searches Wednesday as part of an investigation into suspicions that Russia’s sale of Gazprom’s Berlin-based subsidiary was intended to sabotage Germany’s gas supply. The probe focuses on the weeks after Russia’s February 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine, when the state-controlled energy giant sold its Berlin-based subsidiary Gazprom
·Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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Razzien in Berlin and Frankfurt: Did a Russian accused want to slow down the German gas supply? The investigators suspect targeted sabotage attempts around Gazprom Germania.
·Munich, Germany
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In connection with the former Gazprom subsidiary Gazprom Germania, the Federal Prosecutor's Office has searched premises in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main.
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