The NewNew Polar Bear probably damaged the pipeline and lost an anchor in the process, photo: Finnish Borderguard/H.Saukkomaa

The NewNew Polar Bear probably damaged the pipeline and lost an anchor in the process. lost an anchor, photo: Finnish Borderguard/H.Saukkomaa

It was just an accident - wasn't it?

The destruction of the Balticconnector gas pipeline still raises questions a year later. And China is preventing clarification with just a few words.

It has been over a year since a sudden drop in pressure was recorded in the Balticconnector gas pipeline between Finland and Estonia on 8 October 2023. Parallel data cables - 60 and 20 miles apart - were also damaged in a corresponding time window. A year earlier, the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines further west in the Baltic Sea off Bornholm had already been blown up. As with Nord Stream 2022, the suspicion of sabotage was confirmed in 2023, this time by the discovery of miles of drag marks on the Baltic Sea floor and a torn anchor near the damaged area. The possible perpetrator could also be

27 Dec 2024

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