Extradition blocked in Nord Stream case

Italy's top court on Wednesday blocked the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian man arrested over the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines linking Russia with Europe, his lawyer said.

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The Court of Cassation in Rome rejected the ruling of an appeals court, instead sending back the case involving Serhii Kuznietsov to a new panel for review.

Mr Kuznietsov, who was arrested in Italy in August on a German warrant, has denied participating in a cell that allegedly placed explosives on the underwater pipelines in September 2022.

The defendant, who claims to have been a member of the Ukrainian armed forces and in Ukraine at the time of the incident, faces up to 15 years in jail if found guilty in Germany, according to the appeals court in the northern Italian city of Bologna, whose extradition ruling was rejected.