4 days agoNord Stream sabotage: German investigators focus on yachtGerman investigators appear to have made up their minds about who was responsible for the explosions that wrecked three of the four Nord Stream gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September. Der Spiegel magazine reported last week that the public prosecutor’s team are now “certain” that a 15-metre yacht…Nord Stream6 min readNord Stream6 min read
May 25Nord Stream investigation: another strange travel firm comes to lightA second mysterious travel firm has emerged in the Nord Stream sabotage affair. One strand of the investigation concerns six people aboard a 15-metre yacht, the Andromeda, who spent two weeks behaving suspiciously in the Baltic Sea shortly before the underwater gas pipelines were blown up last September. The yacht…Nord Stream4 min readNord Stream4 min read
May 22Nord Stream sabotage: mystery yacht’s Ukrainian connectionsA group of European news organisations jointly investigating the sabotage of the Nord Stream underwater gas pipelines have uncovered new information about a yacht that was behaving suspiciously in the area. The German authorities have been taking a particular interest in a group of six people aboard the 15-metre Andromeda…4 min read4 min read
May 19Former Mint Press journalist painted swastika on synagogue to discredit Ukraine, court toldA former journalist who worked for publications linked to Iran and Russia appeared in an American court this week accused of spray-painting a swastika and the word “Azov” on a synagogue in Michigan. A detective told the court that Randi Lucile Nord, 35, had “planned to do as many hate…Syria4 min readSyria4 min read
May 9Nord Stream sabotage: Russia’s ludicrous alibiRussia has come up with a bizarre response to the revelation that several of its warships were active last September in an area of the Baltic Sea where Nord Stream’s underwater gas pipelines were blown up four days later. At a news conference on Sunday, foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova…Nord Stream4 min readNord Stream4 min read
May 3New details of Russian naval activity near Nord Stream explosion sitesA joint investigation by journalists from Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Finland has uncovered more evidence of Russian naval activity in an area of the Baltic Sea where three of Nord Stream’s underwater gas pipelines were later blown up. The new details follow last week’s confirmation that a Danish patrol ship…Nord Stream3 min readNord Stream3 min read
Apr 28Russian ‘underwater operations’ ship was photographed near site of Nord Stream explosionsDenmark has confirmed that a Russian naval vessel equipped for underwater operations was in the Baltic Sea last September, close to an area where explosions ruptured Nord Stream gas pipelines four days later. The vessel in question is the SS-750 rescue ship which carries a 55-tonne mini-submarine on its deck…Nord Stream2 min readNord Stream2 min read
Apr 18Photos show Russian ships were close to Nord Stream sabotage site four days before explosionsThe Danish navy has confirmed that it took photographs of Russian ships in the Baltic Sea close to an area where explosions ruptured Nord Stream gas pipelines four days later. The patrol vessel Nymfen took 112 photos of the Russian ships but the Danish Defence Command says it will not…3 min read3 min read
Apr 6All at sea: Seymour Hersh and his Nord Stream sabotage storyDuring the past few weeks huge numbers of people have become convinced the United States was responsible for explosions that wrecked three of the Nord Steam pipelines in the Baltic Sea last September. Many of the believers can be found on social media, proclaiming it as established fact. Maybe it’s…Nord Stream9 min readNord Stream9 min read
Mar 31Seymour Hersh and the Nord Stream pipe that wasn’t blown upOn September 26 last year explosions ruptured three of the four Nord Stream pipelines laid under the Baltic Sea to deliver natural gas from Russia to Germany. While the fourth pipe remained undamaged, one of the others was found to have been bombed in two different places 76km apart —…Nord Stream3 min readNord Stream3 min read
