Russia seeks US response over Truss' 'it's done' SMS to Blinken after Nord Stream blasts

On October 30th, Kim Dotcom, an internet entrepreneur and free speech activist shared a tweet claiming that just after Nord Stream pipelines were blown up, Liz Truss, who was serving as British PM at that time, sent a message to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, saying "it's done", as per a report from Sputnik. Kim Dotcom wrote on Twitter, "How do Russians know that UK blew up North Stream pipelines in partnership with US? Because Liz Truss used her iPhone to send a message to Antony Blinken saying “It’s done” a minute after pipeline blew up and before anybody else knew? iCloud min access rocks!"

Now, Russia's Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has demanded that UK answer se allegations and come clean. “To be honest, I don’t care who got this information and how. I’m interested in London’s answer to following question: Did Prime Minister Liz Truss of Britain send a message to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken immediately after Nord Stream gas pipeline was blown up with words ‘It’s done’?” asked Maria Zakharova on Telegram as per Sputnik. This report comes at heels of reports in British media that Truss' phone was hacked by Russian spies. 

Who was behind attack on Nord Stream pipelines?

However, re is some confusion if Liz Truss sent this alleged message from phone that was hacked or some or phone as Kim Dotcom claimed on Twitter that this wasn't phone that British media was reporting about. Although, fact that Russia's foreign ministry is officially seeking an answer to this question indicates that it isn't complete speculation. After blasts on Nord Stream pipelines, most western nations blamed Russia for blast. Russia denied this accusation and asked why y would destroy a project on which y spend billions of dollars. When Russian President Vlimir Putin dressed top Russian officials during formal annexation of four Ukrainian regions, he blamed "anglo saxons" for Nord Stream attack and said that it has set a dangerous precedent. It is worth highlighting that Russia did not blame a specific nation or entity but used a bro term.

 A month-long investigation conducted by Russian military has now concluded that Royal Navy was responsible for blast. US has benefited significantly from decline in Europe's Russian energy imports. As per a report from Wall Street Journal, American LNG companies are seeing a surge in demand, which is good for ir business but not necessarily good for Europe as American LNG is a lot more expensive than Russian energy. Recently, French President Emmanuel Macron said that Europeans have to pay 3-4 times more for gas compared to what American consumers pay, ding that "it is not fair". Before Macron, German economy minister has me a similar point.