MOSCOW, Aug 19, 2024 (BSS/AFP) - Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday it was "clear" that the United States had ordered the 2022 attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines.

"It is clear that to carry out such a terrorist attack, there was a command from the very top, as they say, the very top for the West is, of course, Washington," Lavrov told the Izvestia news outlet in a video interview.