Kremlin said today that Russia will establish which state or states are behind the explosions that damaged gas pipelines Nord Stream and that he would do anything to stop what he called Western attempts to “cover up” what had happened.

Last September, pipelines connecting Russia and Germany across the Baltic Sea exploded in what Moscow called an act of international terrorism.

The president Vladimir Putin stated that, in his opinion, the United States was behind the explosions, but Washington rejected this claim as false.

Russia may demand compensation

Earlier today, a Russian diplomat said Moscow could seek compensation for damage to the pipelines, without specifying from whom.

Last September, pipelines linking Russia and Germany across the Baltic Sea suffered inexplicable explosions in what Moscow called an act of “international terrorism.”

“We do not rule out that the issue of compensation for damage caused by explosions on the Nord Stream gas pipeline will be raised later,” Dmitry Birichevsky, head of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s department for economic cooperation, told a Russian news agency.

Kremlin: Putin’s visit to Turkey is not far off

At the same time, the Kremlin today denied reports in the Turkish media that Putin is going to visit Ankara.

Earlier, the Russian state news agency RIA, citing Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Mikhail Bogdanov, reported that the deputy foreign ministers of Russia, Turkey, Iran and Syria could hold consultations in Moscow in early April.

^{According to Reuters, APE-MEB}