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Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines, and how will we find out?

By Tom Rogan

Published September 29, 2022 6:45pm ET

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Who blew up the Nord Stream pipelines, and how will we find out? — A large disturbance in the sea can be observed off the coast of the Danish island of Bornholm Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2022, following a series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany. Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen says she âcannot rule outâ sabotage after three leaks were detected on Nord Stream 1 and 2. | (Danish Defence Command via AP)

Every nation that could credibly be responsible for this week’s Nord Stream I and Nord Stream II undersea pipeline explosions has denied its involvement. But as Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Kommersant newspaper on Thursday, “It is very difficult to imagine that such a terrorist action could take place without the involvement of some state.”

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