One of the latest stories comes from Germany where a Der Spiegel report claimed that a 15-meter chartered yacht may have been involved.
Putin, interviewed on Russian television, also said European leaders had been browbeaten into losing their sense of sovereignty and independence.
The Sept. 26 explosions on the pipelines connecting Russia and Germany occurred in the exclusive economic zones of Sweden and Denmark.
"Obviously, the authors of the attack want to divert attention. Obviously, this is a coordinated stuffing in the media," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov
The United States and NATO have called the attacks, which occurred seven months into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, "an act of sabotage."
Citing unidentified sources, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist said that US navy divers deliberately destroyed the pipelines with explosives.
Swedish and Danish authorities are investigating four holes in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines which link Russia and Germany via the Baltic Sea and have become a flashpoint in the Ukraine crisis.
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