德国汉堡 —— 德国一家法院周二驳回了辩方要求终止审判的一名前乌克兰军官的动议，该军官被指控在四年前破坏了输送俄罗斯天然气至西欧的“北溪”天然气管道。
HAMBURG, Germany — A German court on Tuesday rejected a defense request to end the trial of a former Ukrainian army officer who is accused of damaging the Nord Stream gas pipelines built to carry Russian gas to western Europe in blasts four years ago.
现年50岁的谢尔盖·库兹涅佐夫于10月14日在汉堡州法院受审，被控制造爆炸、破坏财产、扰乱公共服务，以及通过攻击民用基础设施构成“战争罪从犯”。
Serhii Kuznietsov, 50, went on trial at the Hamburg state court on Oct. 14, charged with causing an explosion, damaging property, disrupting public service and being an “accomplice to war crimes” by attacking civilian infrastructure.
据指控，他是针对“北溪”天然气管道袭击的主谋，该事件被视为二战以来欧洲最大的破坏行动之一。
He is alleged to have been the ringleader of the attack on the Nord Stream gas pipelines , considered one of Europe’s biggest acts of sabotage since World War II.
其律师迅速提出驳回指控的动辩。他们辩称，库兹涅佐夫仍是现役军人，因此根据乌克兰法律，出于与国家安全相关的保密原因，他有义务不发声；而依据德国法律，任何无法发声的人都不应被定罪。
His lawyers swiftly filed a motion to dismiss the charges. They argued that Kuznietsov was still an active duty soldier and as such was obligated by Ukrainian law not to speak for reasons of secrecy linked to national security, and that under German law anyone who can’t speak out can’t be convicted.
德国通讯社报道，法院在周二审判的第二天驳回了该动议。法院表示，被告的辩护权在德国法律下不受限制，而在德国作证的自由不受外国服役条件的限制。
The court dismissed the motion on the trial’s second day of hearings on Tuesday, German news agency dpa reported. It said that the defendant’s defense wasn’t limited under German law, and that freedom to testify in Germany isn’t limited by a foreign country’s conditions of service.
2022年9月26日的水下爆炸炸毁了“北溪-1”管道，该管道在莫斯科于2022年8月切断供应前，一直是俄罗斯向德国输送天然气的主要路线，此前俄罗斯发动了全面入侵乌克兰数月。爆炸还损坏了“北溪-2”管道，该管道因德国在俄罗斯全面入侵乌克兰前不久暂停其认证程序，从未投入运营。
The undersea explosions on Sept. 26, 2022, ruptured the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which was Russia’s main natural gas supply route to Germany until Moscow cut off supplies in August 2022, months after launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. They also damaged Nord Stream 2, which never entered service because Germany suspended its certification process shortly before Russia’s all-out invasion of Ukraine.
据指控，该嫌疑人涉嫌在丹麦博恩霍尔姆岛附近、水深70至80米（约230至263英尺）处，组织并实施了至少四枚重14至27公斤（约31至62磅）炸弹的引爆。
The suspect allegedly organized and carried out the detonation of at least four bombs between 14 and 27 kilograms (around 31 to 62 pounds) at a depth of 70 to 80 meters (230 feet to 263 feet) near the Danish island of Bornholm.
库兹涅佐夫去年在意大利被拘留。他在引渡程序中被公开点名，并于11月被移交德国。乌克兰总统泽连斯基否认了其国家涉及管道爆炸的指控。
Kuznietsov was detained last year in Italy. He was publicly named in extradition proceedings that led to his transfer to Germany in November . Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has denied allegations that his country was involved in the pipeline blasts.