(VOVWORLD) -The UN Security Council failed Monday to adopt a resolution put forward by Russia calling for an independent inquiry into the Nord Stream pipeline sabotage last year.
 A UN Security Council meeting. (Photo: Ria Novosti) |
Only Russia, China, and Brazil voted in favor of the resolution. The other 12 members abstained.
Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Vasily Nebenzya said Moscow’s suspicions about who was responsible for the sabotage have grown since the vote.
Head of Russia’s Foreign Ministry Department for Economic Cooperation Dmitry Birichevsky said Moscow may seek compensation for damages from last year’s explosions, adding that Western efforts to cover up the issue reveal a lack of interest in normal relations with Russia in the energy sector.