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Nord Stream pipelines sabotaged

26 Sep 2022Key eventBaltic Sea

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EnergyEconomicExternal support and diplomacy

Underwater explosions destroy three of the four Nord Stream pipeline strings in the Baltic. Attribution remains publicly contested years later.

Why it mattersThe physical end of the Russo-German gas era, and the arrival of critical infrastructure sabotage as a live category of European risk — priced into energy markets ever since.

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