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A global mystery: What's known about Nord Stream explosions

It’s a major international mystery with global consequences: Who was behind the explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year in the Baltic Sea

The Independent UK

Nord Stream sabotage revelations: Who's really behind Russian gas pipeline explosions?

Who did sabotage the Nord Stream pipelines? Without much proof to go on, pundits could only root for the version that would suit their cause. But German investigators have now revealed they have found traces of explosives aboard a yacht that may have carried the charge that last September knocked…

France 24

Germany cautious over Nord Stream pipeline attack reports

Germany’s defense minister has voiced caution over media reports that a pro-Ukraine group was involved in blowing up the Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last year

The Independent UK

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Russia wants UN Security Council to ask for NordStream blast inquiry

Russia wants the United Nations Security Council to ask for an independent inquiry into September attacks on the Nord Stream gas pipelines, connecting Russia and Germany, that spewed gas into the Baltic Sea.

Reuters

American journalist accuses US Navy of Nord Stream pipeline attack

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Seymour Hersh alleges that US Navy divers laid the bombs that destroyed the Nord Stream pipeline under the Baltic Sea last September, cutting Russian gas supplies to Europe. The Pentagon has denied the claim but Moscow, which Western countries suspect of involvement, says it should be taken…

Radio France Internationale

The EU’s ban on Russian diesel won’t really stop fuel flows

For decades, a steady stream of ocean tankers has filed back and forth between a small cluster of ports in northwest Europe and the Baltic Sea. Typically, each would bring about 40 million liters of diesel to help keep Europe’s economy humming. Starting Sunday, that will be banned — along…

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Mick Schumacher and Valtteri Bottas make same bold claim ahead of Race of Champions

Schumacher and Bottas will join other familiar F1 faces including Sebastian Vettel and David Coulthard in driving on the frozen Baltic Sea at the Race of Champions this weekend

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New 1994 ferry disaster report: No collision, no explosion

The accident investigation boards of Estonia, Finland and Sweden say there is no indication that there was a collision or an explosion on a ferry that sank in the Baltic Sea 28 years ago in one of Europe’s deadliest peacetime maritime disasters

The Independent UK

Russia Suggests Sweden Has ‘Something to Hide’ in Nord Stream Blast Probe

Russia questioned on Thursday whether Sweden had "something to hide" over explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines last year, as it slammed Stockholm for not sharing information in the ongoing investigations into the blasts. Swedish and Danish authorities are investigating four holes in the Nord Stream 1 and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Mystery of crashed Baltic Sea Anomaly in sea - from UFO to Nazi bunker theory

Explorers discovered an unknown structure at the bottom of the sea between Sweden and Finland. It has proved to be an 11-year-old mystery, with theories as wild as it being a crashed UFO doing the rounds

Daily Mirror

First floating LNG terminal arrives at German port

The first of several ships that will serve as floating terminals to receive liquefied natural gas imports in Germany have arrived off the Baltic Sea port of Mukran

The Independent UK

Sweden confirms Nord Stream pipeline explosions were sabotage

Swedish investigators confirmed on Friday that the blasts that destroyed sections of the Nord Stream pipelines in September were sabotage, intended to damage the lines carrying natural gas from Russia to Germany under the Baltic Sea.

Radio France Internationale

Sweden: Traces of Explosives Found at Nord Stream Pipelines

Investigators have found traces of explosives at the site of the damaged Nord Stream pipelines, confirming that gross sabotage had taken place, a Swedish prosecutor said on Friday. Swedish and Danish authorities are investigating four holes in the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines which link Russia and Germany via…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Russia accuses British navy of blowing up Nord Stream gas pipelines in Baltic Sea

Ministry of Defence responds by accusing Moscow of ‘resorting to peddling false claims of an epic scale’

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Russia Says UK Navy Personnel Blew up Nord Stream Gas Pipelines

Russia's defense ministry on Saturday said that British navy personnel blew up the Nord Stream gas pipelines last month, directly accusing a leading NATO member of sabotaging critical Russian infrastructure. The defense ministry did not give evidence for its claim. "According to available information, representatives of this unit of the…

Daily Mirror

Russia accuses UK's Royal Navy of carrying out Nord Stream gas pipeline explosions

The British Ministry of Defence says the Kremlin is "peddling false claims" as a way of distracting from Vladimir Putin's "disastrous handling of the illegal invasion of Ukraine"

Reuters

Danes on Baltic Sea island feel Russia-Ukraine war creeping closer

When the Nord Stream gas pipelines ruptured near the island of Bornholm last month, residents felt the Ukraine war move a lot closer, exposing the isolation of Denmark's easternmost point and renewing fears of Russian aggression.

Reuters

Finnish seismologists detect five blasts in Russian waters

Finnish seismologists detected five underwater blasts in Russian waters in the Baltic Sea last week, the Helsinki University Institute of Seismology said on Tuesday.

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Reuters

Nord Stream ruptures revealed as Europe grapples with gas plan

Damage to the Nord Stream gas pipeline from Russia to Europe was caused by powerful explosions, Danish police said on Tuesday, echoing earlier findings into leaks that erupted in the network under the Baltic Sea and that have been blamed on sabotage.

Reuters

'Powerful explosions' behind Nord Stream leaks, Danish police say

A preliminary investigation of damages to the two Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Danish part of the Baltic Sea shows that the leaks were caused by "powerful explosions", Copenhagen Police said on Tuesday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Türkiye, Russia to Study Putin’s Gas Hub Proposal

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Türkiye and Russia have instructed their respective energy authorities to immediately begin technical studies on a Russian proposal that would turn Turkey into a gas hub for Europe. Russian President Vladimir Putin has floated the idea of exporting more gas through the TurkStream gas…

Reuters

Russia needs permission for its ships to probe Nord Stream ruptures - Novak

Russia needs permission for its vessels to conduct investigations into explosions that damaged Nord Stream pipelines in the Baltic Sea, Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak said on Friday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Putin Touts Türkiye Gas Hub While Europe Looks to Cut Consumption

President Vladimir Putin touted Türkiye on Thursday as the best route for redirecting gas supplies to the European Union after Nord Stream pipeline leaks, while Western nations focused on efforts to cut energy consumption. Putin told his Turkish counterpart Tayyip Erdogan that Türkiye could act as a gas hub, having…

The Independent UK

Putin says Russia could increase gas supplies to Europe

Russian President Vladimir Putin says that Moscow is ready to resume gas supplies to Europe via a link of the Germany-bound Nord Stream 2 pipeline under the Baltic Sea

Daily Mirror

NATO prepares nuclear drills and doubles warships in Baltic Sea

The alliance will proceed with its annual nuclear preparedness exercise 'Steadfast Noon' next week - in which NATO air forces practise the use of US nuclear bombs based in Europe with training flights

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