{"id":581039,"date":"2025-11-19T19:47:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:47:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581039\/"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:47:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:47:13","slug":"italy-approves-nord-stream-suspects-germany-extradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/581039\/","title":{"rendered":"Italy approves Nord Stream suspect’s Germany extradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

Italy’s Supreme Court of Cassation upheld a lower court verdict<\/a> that a Ukrainian national wanted in Germany on suspicion of sabotaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines can be extradited.<\/p>\n

The suspect’s lawyer announced the decision on Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n

The pipelines were rendered inoperable in September 2022, several months after Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The 49-year-old, identified as Serhiy K., has been in pre-trial detention since the summer<\/a> and his lawyer said on October 31 that he had started a hunger strike in protest.<\/p>\n

He’s wanted in Germany on suspicion of helping to organize and plan the sabotage, on charges of causing an explosion and of sabotage targeting key infrastructure. The defendant denies the charges.<\/p>\n

Polish court chose another path<\/p>\n

In a similar case last month, a Polish court blocked the extradition of another Ukrainian national<\/a>, saying there was a lack of evidence and questioning the jurisdiction in the case.<\/p>\n

Poland’s government had also made it clear it did not approve of the extradition, albeit saying the decision rested with the courts.<\/p>\n

The sabotage of pipelines running from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea, with ownership split between Russia’s Gazprom and European energy companies, did not take place in German waters.<\/p>\n

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