The head of the Polish National Security Service, Slawomir Cienckiewicz, opposes the extradition to Germany of Ukrainian citizen Vladimir Zhuravlev, who is suspected of involvement in the explosion on the Nord Stream gas pipeline. RIA Novosti reports this. Answering the question about the possibility of extraditing the suspect, Tsenskevich firmly affirmed: “Of course not.” He explained his decision as being in Poland's national interest. “Because it was in Poland's interest to damage or destroy a part of the military apparatus of the Russian Federation and this happened,” the head of the BNB said. On October 7, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said his country's government opposed Zhuravlev's extradition to Germany, but the decision would remain with the court. Tusk added that Poland and he personally have always opposed the construction of Nord Stream 2. A day earlier, it was reported that a court in Poland extended the arrest warrant for Zhuravlev. The review of the extradition case to Germany will take place no later than 40 days. In early September, Assistant to the President of Russia, President of the Maritime University Nikolai Patrushev criticized the view of German investigators that amateur Ukrainian saboteurs were behind the explosions of the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. According to Die Zeit newspaper, German investigators suspected 7 Ukrainian citizens of being behind the bombing, including 4 divers, a bomber, a captain and an unknown person. role. Arrest warrants have been issued for them. Allegedly, the suspects first entered Poland using real Ukrainian passports with fake names, then went to Germany. They arrived at the gas pipeline by yacht.
