HAMBURG, October 14. /TASS/. A rally calling for an investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines is taking place in Hamburg, Germany, ahead of the start of the trial in the blast case, a TASS correspondent reports.

The rally is organized by the BSW party. One of the banners calls for "a political investigation" into the terrorist attack and the creation of a commission to look into the incident. Pro-Ukrainian activists are also holding a rally nearby.

The first trial in the Nord Stream blasts case is set to begin at the Hamburg Higher Regional Court later on Wednesday. Ukrainian national Sergey Kuznetsov is the defendant in the case. The court has scheduled 24 hearings before the end of the year. Besides, additional hearings are planned for February but they have yet to be finalized. More than 100 journalists have been accredited to cover the trial.

On September 26, 2022, unprecedented damage was recorded on three strings of the Nord Stream pipelines and the never-commissioned Nord Stream 2 pipeline. The Russian Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case over an act of international terrorism.