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Germany updates: Nord Stream suspect cleared for extradition

Lawyers for suspect Nord Stream saboteur Serhii K. argued at his extradition hearing that he was a soldier “following orders” during the September 26, 2022 incident and thus the “military nature of the alleged acts entails functional immunity.”

Neither K. nor his lawyers specified who he was allegedly taking orders from.

K. faces up to 15 years in prison in Germany if convicted of collusion to cause an explosion, sabotage, and destruction of important structures.

He has also argued that he was in Ukraine at the time of the attack.

A German investigation found that K. conspired alongside four other Ukrainian men and one Ukrainian woman to carry out the sabotage.

Italian judges will decide on his appeal against extradition in about a month’s time. His lawyers have also argued he was not given a fair trial.

K. “was not allowed to personally attend his own hearings and was denied full access to the German case file, in clear breach of the right to a fair trial,” they said.

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