ROME (AP) – Italy´s top court has rejected the extradition to Germany of a Ukrainian man arrested on suspicion of setting off explosions that damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022, his lawyer said on Thursday.

Italy´s Cassation Court on Wednesday annulled a previous decision by a Bologna appeals court, which had ordered the extradition to Germany of the 49-year-old suspect, Serhii Kuznietsov.

The Italian top court has now demanded another panel of the same appeals court to reassess the case, said Kuznietsov’s lawyer, Nicola Canestrini.

Canestrini said the motivations of the Cassation court´s decision have not been filed yet and are expected in the coming weeks.

“In the meantime, I will evaluate whether the conditions exist to request my client´s release,

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