Arrest warrant for dive instructor over Nordstream pipeline sabotage
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lizardland
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Meanwhile no-one arrested over Russian ghost ships deliberately dragging anchors across subsea infrastructure, India laundering Russian oil or god knows how many war crimes committed in Ukraine.
I would happily look the other way while the guy gets on a plane to wherever he likes. If Germany was happy to sell its energy strategy to Russia just so it could make a worthless point over nuclear power then that is going to have consequences in a time of war.
I would happily look the other way while the guy gets on a plane to wherever he likes. If Germany was happy to sell its energy strategy to Russia just so it could make a worthless point over nuclear power then that is going to have consequences in a time of war.
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Kay Dee
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And now he walks.
"A Polish judge has refused to extradite a Ukrainian citizen arguing that if Ukraine was responsible for the attack, then it was a "just" act."
Way to go judge!
Polish judge refuses to extradite Nord Stream blasts suspect over 'just act'
The judge ordered his release, after a ruling that was met with a ripple of surprise in court and a smile from the Ukrainian in the dock.
www.bbc.com
I think every home-baked saboteur across eastern Europe just felt a renewed sense of motivation to fight the Bear.
HalcyonDaze
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Part of me is admittedly slightly disappointed, because I really want to hear the alleged details ... the whole "setting underwater explosives at 240+ feet using personnel without demolitions training and using a boat that dive professionals rated as unsafe for use as a dive platform" sounds like Maxim 43 so common in A&I discussions - "If it's stupid and it works, it's still stupid and you're lucky."And now he walks.
"A Polish judge has refused to extradite a Ukrainian citizen arguing that if Ukraine was responsible for the attack, then it was a "just" act."
Way to go judge!
Polish judge refuses to extradite Nord Stream blasts suspect over 'just act'
The judge ordered his release, after a ruling that was met with a ripple of surprise in court and a smile from the Ukrainian in the dock.
Additionally, I don't know what the standards of evidence and conviction are in Germany, but I think a defense lawyer would have had a lot to work with on preservation of evidence and reasonable doubt; unless the prosecution had something really good up their sleeve that Polish judge might have saved them some trouble.
lizardland
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I would hazard a guess that if/when the war ends that there will be a book deal somewhere down the line.
As I've said previously, if he did it then I have nothing but admiration. Germany sold out its security to the biggest scumbag in Europe so it could make an utterly pointless (and incredibly hypocritical) environmental statement about nuclear power and it paid the price. My hope for the future is that Germany accepts it ****** up and makes a commitment not to pursue anyone for the attack if there is credible evidence it was Ukraine so that this guy and everyone else can get on with their lives.
Don't do business with war criminals seems to be the lesson here.
