In his article published on Nov. 3 in The National Interest magazine, Russian Ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov wrote that, “An attack on an infrastructure that is unique in terms of security is an extremely dangerous precedent. Any critically significant object, no matter where it is, now falls under threat. Moreover, this act of terrorism could not have been carried out without government involvement. (https://nationalinterest.org/feature/how-russia-sees-us-sanctions-205716 )
“Obviously, this act of sabotage was aimed at completely breaking up the mutually beneficial energy ties between Europe and Russia. The goal was to radically switch regional consumers to expensive resources. Be it foreign LNG or new clean technologies,” Antonov wrote.
In his opinion, “ordinary citizens and whole industries” will be the ones to suffer losses from such moves.
“The process of deindustrialization of the European continent is only accelerating. The risks of such a development are obvious. As well as the benefits for the United States, frankly speaking,” Antonov stated.
