Thursday, April 6, 2023

036 - What explosives were used Sherlock? Russian limpet mines Elementary, my dear Watson

PREFACE/ISSUE

Let´s delve deeper into logic imperatives and gather more information about this aspect to arrive at a more accurate conclusion. Shall we? 

Lets explore a chain of thoughts, let speculate a little bit and see if our Thoughts make heads and heels and bring us forward or not. 

[MRT: Note that this post is not based on data but more on logical links
and should be taken only as a possible prediction.
The forensic part of investigation MUST be left to experts 
who are best equipped to handle the data they have an access to.]

What explosives were used Sherlock to blow up Nordstream pipelines? 

Russian mines, of course.

Was it to frame it on them?'

Exactly, my dear Watson 


[M: Fictional satire to lighten the mood a bit on this shady stuff.]

[M: Note! This is MY point of view - My investigation - My suspects.
There could be another set of data which i do not have access to.]


"Dissing these dynamic douchebags was Elementary, my dear Watson"

Preconditions:

  • Complexity, no-fail-allowed risk factor spells a state actor was involved. 

  • As for Russia I have not found (so far) a good motive

  • There are indices that a certain NATO member could have been involved


I. If a state actor was involved there will be definitely a blame game involved. Could these news be that?
 

28 Sept 2022 - Leaks to Nord Stream pipelines were likely a premeditated attack using explosive devices detonated remotely, says British defence source

3 Oct 2022 - Sir Tony Radakin said: ‘Russia has the ability to disrupt other areas in addition to what it’s doing in Ukraine, in energy and in these diplomatic battles.

The concern from the Royal United Services Institute is that the destruction of satellites could damage things like military GPS systems.

6 Oct 2022 - Swedish authorities announced on October 6 they...

...had conducted an underwater inspection of the site and collected "pieces of evidence". Meanwhile, Danish police on Tuesday said they had completed several inspections of the leaks in the Danish zone, together with the intelligence service PET.

Another probable cause, according to a British military source, is that the Russians special ops may have discreetly laid mines from a disguised commercial vessel and detonated them days or weeks later

6 Oct 2022 - Liz Truss: Ending European reliance on Russian energy...

and tackling the criminal gangs that traffic people across Europe are priorities that President @EmmanuelMacron and I shareGood to agree closer cooperation on these areas with our French friends today.

 

7 Oct 2022 - Fears Russia has planted mines on UK’s internet and power cables after ‘Putin ordered gas pipeline attack’

A government told the Daily Mail the Danish probe is being carefully watched to see if it will point the finger at Russia and Vladimir Putin.

7 Oct 2022 - Have the Russians ALREADY planted mines on Britain's ocean cables network? 

Ministers order urgent check of power and internet lines amid fears Vladimir Putin will ramp up 'sea-bed warfare' following last month's Nord Stream sabotage.

Defence Secretary Ben Wallace sent warships to the North Sea this week to deter Kremlin attacks after explosions on key gas pipelines in the Baltic.

‘But there is also the question of how it was done. Was it a direct attack? Or were mines pre-placed some time in the past and detonated remotely

'If it is the latter then it raises questions about where else mines might have been placed.’

Mr Wallace told this week’s Conservative Party conference that the ‘mysterious’ damage inflicted on the Nord Stream pipelines should serve as a reminder of how ‘fragile’ UK infrastructure and the economy were given the threat of ‘hybrid attacks’. He added: ‘The Nordic states and ourselves are deeply vulnerable to people doing things on our cables and our pipelines.’

7 Oct 2022 - Fears Russia has planted mines on UK’s internet and power cables after ‘Putin ordered gas pipeline attack

A government told the Daily Mail the Danish probe is being carefully watched to see if it will point the finger at Russia and Vladimir

[M: So what kind of explosives, what kind of evidence - false or no - was found there and was not released to public domain?]

 8 Oct 2022 - UK warned millions of miles of critical infrastructure cables face Russian attack 

The British missile destroyer HMS Dragon, which entered the waters of the Black Sea, ignored the warning about the inadmissibility of entering the designated area of ​​the Black Sea and several cruise anti-ship missiles were fired in its direction. It is known that the warship was taken to be escorted by Russian military aircraft and Russian ships of the Black Sea Fleet, actively tracking the movements of the destroyer.


II. The attack on Crimean bridge crossed a Russian red line 

8 Oct 2022 - Crimean Bridge explosion

On 8 October 2022, at 6:07 am, a fire broke out on the Crimean Bridge as a result of an explosion, which occurred on the road bridge, on or under the westbound vehicle lanes running from Russia to Kerch in occupied Crimea. Two two-lane vehicular spans of the bridge collapsed into the water. Two adjacent eastbound lanes on independent structure survived. The railway bridge was also significantly damaged by fire on railway tanker cars. Four people were killed.   

 

III. Was Russia/Gazprom countering the accusation pointing that a forgotten case of NATO SeaFox was found next pipeline in the past?

10 Oct 2022 - Gazprom: NATO mine destroyer was found at Nord Stream 1 in 2015 

Nord Stream reported on that date in 2015 that a "munitions object" had been cleared by the Swedish armed forces, without giving more detail on the object.

Gazprom spokesperson Sergei Kupriyanov told Russian state television on Monday that a NATO device, called a SeaFox, was retrieved from a depth of about 40 m(125 ft) and made safe. 

 18 Nov 2022 - Sweden: Prosecutor confirms Nord Stream 2 sabotage

A Swedish prosecutor said Friday that explosions on the Nord Stream 2 pipeline were the result of sabotage.

 

IV. Did UK self-sabotage low profile non-critical infrastructure & "foiled" another to make itself a victim?

18 Oct 2022 - UK: Severed undersea cables near Shetland Islands 

Ian Brown, a partner with Lerwick-based internet provider Shetland Broadband, said he became aware of a problem just after 00:00 on Thursday when his home broadband went off.

He said the north cable was broken on 15 October in a clean break, but the southern one was not a clean break because there are around 100 fibres in the cable - and not all had been broken.

13 Nov 2022 - UK foils Putin's plot to sabotage vital South Atlantic pipeline

Concerns were raised last month when British security services gained access to satellite images which indicated that Russia had become markedly interested in the stretch of pipe. The images, which surfaced shortly after attacks on two Nord Stream pipelines, have been examined by technical specialists, sources say. 

14 Nov 2022 - Express claims UK “foiled Russian plot to sabotage fuel pipeline in Ascension island” 


V. The UK-Ukraine possible connection. If Russian mines were used, could someone get them from Ukraine? (note UK is just an example here)

5 May 2022 - A strange message to Boris Johnson and V. Zelenski appeared o Twitter. 


25 July 2022 - Who dares wins? Boris Johnson visits special forces troops 

...days after donning camo to hang out with soldiers - as PM's allies press for him to be allowed to STAY on in No10 and minister says he would be 'comfortable if he returned to Government

Mr Johnson's spokesman would not say if he was visiting the Special Boat Service (SBS), based in Poole, or the Hereford Based Special Air Service (SAS)- whose motto is 'who dares wins'.

31 Aug 2022 - Boris Johnson to visit nuclear submarine yard in latest stop on PM's farewell tour 

3 Sept 2022 - Zelensky exclusive: Threat from ‘Putin the Nazi’ outweighs pain of rising energy bills

The Ukrainian leader praises Boris Johnson, criticises Macron and Scholz and says western cost of living fears are ‘incomparable’ with the threat from Russia.

Volodymyr Zelensky refuses to talk about Boris Johnson in the past tense.

Under Johnson, Britain was one of the first nations to donate weapons to Ukraine as the countdown to the Russian invasion began last winter. While nervous European leaders dawdled, Johnson led the pack..

4 Sept 2022 - Zelenskiy Tells Europe To Prepare For Difficult Winter With Oil, Gas Supply Cuts

4 Sept 2022 - Zelenski warns that Russia is preparing a «decisive blow» in its energy offensive against Europe

Instead of tanks and missiles, Russia is using energy as a weapon, he said, and is preparing a "decisive blow" in the energy sector this winter.

V. The statement

25 Oct 2022 - Underwater drone reveals: At least 50 metres of the Nord Stream pipeline have sunk into the seabed

But Lars Nøhr-Nielsen has no doubts:

“Those who have blown up these pipes have used an explosive charge that is more than sufficient. They most likely did not just want to blow a hole in the pipe, they wanted to make it unusable.”

 

CONCLUSION/SUMMARY: 

  • A presumption of innocence means that any defendant in a criminal trial is assumed to be innocent until they have been proven guilty. 
  • This is not a direct evidence, just extrapolation on official news sources, statements of politicians.  
  • Official investigators should look into this. It is a possible CLUE. 
  • Use your critical thinking and constraint.  
  • The point of this blog is to increase awareness on one possible suspect(s).

 

Question: Can one find out if the cat is alive without opening the black-box? Can one know with high certainty what type of explosives were used without forensic analysis, without examining the crime scene?

Answer: Watson thinks that the solitary friend of his who is more interested in solving complex cases actually likes cats due to their character similarities.

Note: As for this post, to me it is a low value, has very little real data and too much of speculation, not like others.
To make a point a reference to old stories is used. Nowadays proper evidence is a must. And that is, with investigators, who are for obvious reasons very very slow. Regardless, it is a possibility that this chain of Thought is possible.


"The crooked man government of a Great country"


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NAVAL DEVICES OVERVIEW


Soviet UPM Limpet-Mine

(Russian UPM (УПМ), a high-explosive (HE), 
swimmer-emplaced, 
delay-fired sabotage limpet mine 
with an anti-removal (AR) feature.)

[MRT: possible type]


This is the Russian UPM (УПМ), a High-Explosive-Blast (HE-Blast), swimmer-emplaced, Delay (DLY) fired sabotage limpet-mine with an Anti-Removal-Device (ARD) feature Firing-Device (FD) designed to attack military industrial equipment, AFV and transport vehicles and trains.

The UPM holds 3 FDs or fuzes with the inner fuze-well accommodating the ARD FD EN (ЭH).

The 2 outer fuze-wells, on either side of the ARD fuze, can be used with a VZD-1M (ВЗД-1М) lead-shear-wire fuze or a VZD-20M (ВЗД-20М) clockwork time fuze.

The limpet-mine is used primarily against ships, but may also be used on land, it is attached by magnets to any steel object.

It can be attached to nonferrous targets by using a strap through the slots of the shipping plate.

There are 8 magnets in the bottom of the body.

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On 12 Oct 2022 - RU: Putin: Russian Energy Week International Forum plenary session
"I would like to welcome all the participants and guests of Russian Energy Week, a respected and recognised platform for dialogue on key global energy topics."
"Such direct and transparent communication is essential now, when the global economy in general, the fuel and energy sector are in the middle of, let me be direct, an acute crisis due to unstable price dynamics of energy resources, an imbalance in supply and demand, and the overtly subversive actions of individual market participants, who are guided solely by their own geopolitical ambitions, resort to outright discrimination in the market, and if that does not work, they simply destroy the infrastructure of their competitors."
"In this case, I am of course talking about the sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. There is no doubt that this is an act of international terrorism, the purpose of which is to undermine the energy security of the entire continent. The logic is cynical: to destroy and block cheap energy sources, hence depriving millions of people, industrial consumers of gas, heat, electricity and other resources and forcing them to buy all this at much higher prices. Forcing.
"The attack on the Nord Streams has set an extremely dangerous precedent, which shows that any critical piece of transport, energy or communications infrastructure is under threat, regardless of its location, management or whether it lies on the seabed or on land..."
"And who stands behind the sabotage against the Nord Streams? Clearly, those who want to completely sever ties between Russia and the European Union, to fully undermine and crush Europe’s political agency, weaken its industrial potential and seize the market. And, of course, those who – I want to stress it – have the technical capacity to organise such explosions and
in fact have committed similar sabotage in the past and were caught red-handed but evaded punishment."

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Update 11/2024

Putin has stated that the same perpetrator has done it in the past.
That was done and he has been allowed unpunished.

From several similar events I find the best suitable this:

19 June 2019 - What Are Limpet Mines, and How Do They Work?

This was done during the The Rt Hon Penny Mordaunt as a defence minister.

Later she was allowed to wear the Submariner´s pin.

She run against the Liz Truss to become UK´s PM.

 Penny Mordaunt noticing vanishing chances switched to support Liz Truss.

Together with her UK´s Military and influential Navy officials supported her.  

[MRT: Note, this is very loose connection and very speculative, more data needed.]




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SAME MODUS OPERANDI?
(USA learned about the planned attack,
did not approve and tried to prevent escalation)




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035 - The (government size) elephant in the Nordstream affair room

PREFACE/ISSUE

There is a limited amount of suspects.

Who exactly was in power in each country at the moment of the crime?



How does Hercule Poirot solve crimes?

While some detectives scrabble around on the floor searching for clues, Poirot uses psychology and his extensive knowledge of human nature to weed out the criminals. He will of course take physical evidence into account, but more often than not his combination of order, method and his little grey cells does the trick.

[MRT: Standard practices used in criminal investigations were used 

for this early summary of possible suspects and their alibi/motives.] 

  "Let´s explore together the WHO, WHY a little bit. Shall we?"

 

I. It is quite clear that the Nordstream affair was done by a State Actor

This means that:

  • Several government officials got together and cooked the plan - group.

[MRT: later explored  here: 052 - List of 17 states and their top officials who were considered suspects]  

  • The head of any government / executive, is a Prime minister. 

  • It was a military operation and so Head of military / Defence secretary was involved.

  • It was a naval operation so Head of navy was involved.

  • It is a country attacking assets of another country so Foreign minister / Foreign secretary was involved.

  • To keep all secret Head of internal affairs / Security was involved.
  • President or Royals are heads of different states, heads of military.  

 

II. The government of that particular state have to had clear objectives.

This means that:

  • They had to have a plan which was done long in advance to think through the issue from many angles.  

[MRT: Later explored in these posts: 

163 - Nordstream affair - The planning begins,
159 - Nordstream affair - The Opening Act]
 
  • It was an attack on energy infrastructure. There country had to improve its own position with its own energy security.  
  • Despite latest issues the Nordstream was bringing a lot of profit to Russia and was projected to bring more in future. The attack was meant to kill its export income.
  • From political point of explanation to allies had to be done through foreign minister formal and informal meetings. There had to be tensions in relations with this country post the event.

 

II. The pool of suspects

There is just a bunch of state actors which are potential suspects:

  • Russia
  • Ukraine
  • USA
  • UK
  • France
  • Germany
  • Netherland
  • Poland
  • Finland
  • Denmark
  • Norway
  • Sweden
  • Estonia
  • Lithuania
  • Latvia
Overview + alibi/motive

 

II. There are serious reasons about the WHO is MY prime suspect

Related posts:

UK has changed its security structures on 23-09-2022
UK government does not like Nordstream
100 shades of Nordstream sabotage - part I
100 shades of Nordstream sabotage - part II
100 shades of Nordstream sabotage - part III
Attempts To 'Renormalize' Relations With Russia were curbed
About The forgotten attack on Turk Stream and about UK Tackling Russian income from hydrocarbons
Mission accomplished - UK - from Energy Importer to Energy Exporter
About the UK-USA "special relationship"
The UK and French relationship around 26-09-2022
My Suspects of Nord Stream job

 


OTHER UK RELATED POSTS

most of the research about UK´s role, motives has been conducted in 2023
The summary is here:



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Wednesday, April 5, 2023

034 - Beware of Spin-doctor Muppets in the Nordstream affair

PREFACE/ISSUE

There is a war of narratives. A lot of news are circulating.

Some of them could be debunked with an ease.



LIST OF SPINS & DEBUNKING THEM:

"War or narratives aka Disinformation campaigns"

Incomplete List of muppet stories
(there will be more and some will be quite bad)

CASE 1 - RUSSIA SELF SABOTAGED PIPELINES TO PUNISH EUROPE

DEBUNK:

  • The legal definition of self-sabotage excludes any insurance payments. I made a post about legal issues here. It covers basics and acts of insurance companies withing the sanctions environment.

  • Russia could and did slow flows as a response to technical difficulties with turbines - here, partial Force Majuere was already in place on NS1. 

  • Russia was actually running legal battles to remove sanctions, to bring NS2 online, to get both pipelines serviced by subcontracting service providers who were worrying about possible sanctions. On 10 Sept NS2 won a court case in SUI to extend out-of bankruptcy for next several months - here

  • Next extension case for next half a year was also negotiated and NS2 has still time till summer 2023.

  • If Russia wanted the end they would most likely not tried to spend money, time and effort in a lost case, damaged pipelines.

CASE 2 - RUSSIA TRIED TO HURT EUROPE ECONOMICALLY

DEBUNK:

  • Sanctions against Russian energy were hurting Europe already much before Nordstream pipelines were attacked.

  • There was a threat of € 1.5 Trillion size Margin Call on European energy utilities and traders - see post here. Sanctions have already caused the damage. The post explains how sanctions on NS2 caused unintended consequences on smaller deliveries through NS1 aka self inflicted pain.

  • The situation was the lose-lose for both, Russia and EU. Both sides were feeling the pain before and after the event.

CASE 3 - RUSSIA USED THE ENERGY WEAPON, HYBRID WARFARE

DEBUNK:

  • The post "The Act of Retorsion allows Gazprom legal suspension of deliveries to Europe" explains how as an act of reaction to unilateral non UN sanctions Russia was free to indefinitely suspend Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline under current international law so long as the suspension continues to be an act of retorsion. Post here.

  • Interestingly Russia lowered the flow in ratio to available turbines which legally shows that they did try in good faith to provide agreed deliveries.

  • There was no economical gain for Russia to stop deliveries as the post here explains.

  • On 18 June 2022 Angela Merkel in the interview:

    "But it wasn't an easy decision. "The thesis at the time was that once Nord Stream 2 is operational, Putin will stop supplying gas through Ukraine or even attack it." The West ensured that gas was routed through Ukraine anyway, and she continued to receive transit fees. Merkel pointed out that Russia then attacked Ukraine on February 24, when gas was not yet routed through Nord Stream 2 . "In this sense, gas was not a weapon," Merkel said."

CASE 4 - RUSSIA BLEW PIPELINES TO GET OUT OF OBLIGATIONS TO DELIVER, OR TO GET OUT OF CONTRACTS

DEBUNK:

  • The entity which sells gas and the one which delivers are different

  • Buyers and Gazprom could legally agree to use different delivery pipeline.

  • The destruction of Nordstream pipelines pushes Russia to deliver same agreed volumes through different routes.

CASE 5 - RUSSIA IS A TERRORIST STATE THEY BLEW PIPELINES

DEBUNK:

  • It was the West government officials who have deliberately chosen the term "sabotage" instead of "an act of international terrorism" post here

  • Ukraine was actually stating in the early phase that it was a terrorist act against EU, later they also switched to the term "sabotage".

  • In past 26 Jan 2006 - Georgia: Tbilisi Accuses Moscow Of Energy Sabotage
    The case was frequented as a proof that Russia blew pipelines in the past. Evidence shows Russia/Gazprom switched immediately all deliveries through different pipelines and fixed damaged part briskly. There were rumours that it was rogue elements inside Abkhasian separatist movement which acted without Kremlin approval. 

CASE 6 - EXPLOSIVES WERE INSTALLED DURING CONSTRUCTION

4 Oct 2022 - Russia 'may have packed explosives' onto the Nord Stream pipelines during construction

DEBUNK:

  • A post exploring that Russia has no motives, no gain is here and here

  • Nordstream AG and Nordstream 2 AG use 3rd party subcontractors for yearly internal and external check-ups, post here. These would be likely found.

  • Sanctions against Norstream 2 created legal environment that Russia could stop NS1 flows if it wished to in response to these indirect sanctions, here

CASE 7 - RUSSIA TRIED TO FRAME A NATO STATE

DEBUNK:

  • The selection of Exclusive Economical zones of Denmark and Sweden excludes the possibility of Russia to participate in the investigation - post. 

  • Both Nordstream AG and Nordstream 2 AG are incorporated in Switzerland so it is Switzerland whose companies got damaged. 

  • It is unclear to public how the case should proceed legally. Russia is excluded from all investigations. This must have been known by saboteurs.

  • Russia said specifically that they blame UK Navy, Specialists, Special Boat services (SBS) team.

CASE 8 - POLAND OPENED THE NEXT DAY COMPETING PIPELINE

DEBUNK:

  • The Baltic pipeline volume 10 billion m3/a, Nordstream 4 lines joint volume

  • Combined annual capacity of Nordstream pipelines is 110 billion cubic metres (3.9 trillion cubic feet) 

  • Norway does not have reserves nor the capacity to pump more - post.

  • Poland would risk Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact 2.0. 

  • Russia has not blamed Poland.

CASE 9 - NORWAY WANTED TO GET RUSSIAN SHARE

DEBUNK:

  • Norway energy exports to EU were at the limit. Why to blow Nordstream then? Separate post here.

  • Norway does not have capability to defend itself would Russia find out it was them who were the main state actor.

  • Russia has not blamed Norway.

CASE 10 - UKRAINE HAS DONE IT

DEBUNK:

  • With a smallest trace Ukraine could be framed as a terrorist greedy state who tried to blow competing pipelines to get more flows through their ageing pipeline system.

  • Both Russia and Germany would be very upset about Ukraine. Germany would stop deliveries of weapons and any financial support immediately

  • Russia has not blamed Ukraine.

CASE 11 - SEYMOUR BALTOPS HERSH EXPOSEE

DEBUNK:

  • On 11 July - 21 July 2022 Nordstream yearly check-up/maintenance works

  • On 05 July - 17 July 2022 NATO BALTOPS exercise 

  • The difference between timings makes the planting of explosives very risky.
    Both, the external and check-ups could theoretically expose planted explosives. 

  • Still possible but unlikely due to high risk due to large time gap to 26/09.

  • Highly unlikely.

CASE 12 - THE ADROMEDA YACHT CASE AS A DELIVERY VEHICLE

7 March 2022 - The New York Times , Die Zeit and other German media claim

... that an undefined group of Ukrainians are behind the explosions of Nord Stream 1 and 2 off Bornholm last September.

DEBUNK:

  • The Andromeda is a Bavaria C50, a sailing boat made by a German company, Bavaria Yachts. It has five cabins and room for up to 11 people. It has a platform at the back to dive from.

  • At the site of the blasts, the Baltic Sea is about 80 metres deep.

  • This boat can not easily anchor in 80 meters deep Baltic sea unless it has a very strong anchor and very long anchor rope/chain. To stay on a spot in windy day requires constant corrections and usage of fuel. It would needed to be done several times as blow sites are spread.

  • This size boat would have by default at least 50-70 meters (165-230 feet) of anchor chain or rope meaning it can anchor safely in 10-15m depths. Additional length of chain or rope for use in deeper waters or in areas with strong currents or high winds.

  • For anchoring in 80 meters (262 feet) of water, a minimum of 160 meters (525 feet) of anchor chain or rope would be required for a 1:1 scope ratio However, it is recommended to use a scope ratio of 1:5 to 1:7 in order to provide adequate holding power and reduce the risk of the anchor dragging.

  • The usage of rented yacht is a very low tech for what is a critical "no failure allowed top secret mission". The state actor has unlimited budget and available high tech dedicated to covert mission such is was one.  

  • Without anchoring/staying in place the safety of divers, the risk is increased. Highly unlikely.

CASE 13 - IT WAS USA during Baltops

DEBUNK:

  • This post "About the GER-USA Nordstream 2 AG deal" here explains the Germany - USA deal about Nordstream 2 not going online would Russia go into Ukraie. 

  • The USA used soft diplomatic power and agreement was reached and kept.

  • The USA understood the energy security fundamentals of Germany and its usage of Nordstream 1 gas deliveries and has not pushed previously actively to Germany to stop but to phase out Russian gas.

  • The USA sent strategic warning in June to Germany and other allies (probably FRA, DUT - other Nordstream AG shareholders) about strategic threat to pipelines - here.

  • Highly unlikely.

  • Baltops is a bad timing as there was a yearly maintenance which would likely discover anything added to pipeline due to sensors run through pipelines (pigging) and external checks by sonars/cameras, info here.

CASE 14 - UK suggests Russians special ops may have discreetly laid mines from a disguised commercial vessel

6 Oct 2022 - Swedish authorities announced on October 6 they 

...had conducted an underwater inspection of the site and collected "pieces of evidence". Meanwhile, Danish police on Tuesday said they had completed several inspections of the leaks in the Danish zone, together with the intelligence service PET.

Another probable cause, according to a British military source, is that the Russians special ops may have discreetly laid mines from a disguised commercial vessel and detonated them days or weeks later

 7 Oct 2022 - Fears Russia has planted mines on UK’s internet and power cables after ‘Putin ordered gas pipeline attack’

A government told the Daily Mail the Danish probe is being carefully watched to see if it will point the finger at Russia and Vladimir Putin.

DEBUNK:

  • These news are showing that very likely Russian type mines were used in the Nordstream affair. It is unclear WHO may have planted them and whether it was not used to falsely blame Russia. Note news came from UK - which is also a suspect.

  • On 23-05-2023 is stated that all Russian boats which were in vicinity were checked and excluded from being involved - GER investigator:

    "The Russian ships observed in the area of ​​the sabotage in the months before the explosions are no longer considered interesting by the German investigators.

    A
    ccording to sources, the Russian ships have been able to be excluded from the investigation – their positions have been mapped and the conclusion must be that they have not been in such a place that they could have carried out the deed." 

  • Swedish authorities have so far also been very tight-lipped about the investigation. Prosecutor Mats Ljungqvist has previously said that the main purpose of the Swedish preliminary investigation is to find out whether Sweden or Swedish infrastructure has been used for the attack and whether there are people who should be prosecuted for participation.

In an interview with TT, he has previously said that "the question of an actor with significant resources and knowledge is perfectly clear."

- We do not rule out that there could be actors that do not belong to a state that have the ability to do this. But then we are dealing with very few companies or groups.


CASE 15 - Ukraine war: The Russian ships accused of North Sea sabotage

Russia has a programme to sabotage wind farms and communication cables in the North Sea, according to new allegations. The details come from a joint investigation by public broadcasters in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland. It says Russia has a fleet of vessels disguised as fishing trawlers and research vessels in the North Sea. They carry underwater surveillance equipment and are mapping key sites for possible sabotage. 
The first of a series of reports is due to be broadcast on Wednesday by DR in Denmark, NRK in Norway, SVT in Sweden and Yle in Finland.

DEBUNK:

  • Not much to debunk here yet. There is insufficient data, just a speculation. Using disguised fleet is a standard procedure of all navies ever since...  

[A day after I contacted foreign offices of South American states a new spin appears - I have gotten used to it already. I must be on something or quite a strange coincidence]

CASE 16 - The Russian SS-750 special craft was near the Nord Stream pipes four days before they were blown up on September 26 last year... there are 26 images by DK Nyfmen.

DEBUNK:

  • Sighting of the vessel itself or unknown pictures taken do not represent a claim that Russian assets actually did some nefarious job. This case could not be debunked nor confirmed. It is just a statement that a Russian assets were in the vicinity. Reasons are not know.
With the amount of ship movements after 20-21/09 there may be some reason why there were so many fleets on the sea - e.g. here, here.

 

CASE 17 - Norway low tech took out €20 Billion pipelie network

18 May 2023 - Sold advanced equipment to Russian buyer: Became suspicious after Nord Stream explosion 

PST then discovered that the company had sold its goods to a Russian agent. It comes out in the last episode of PST's podcast . 

The intelligence officer had bought advanced underwater equipment for one million kroner.

DEBUNK:

  • Those 20 Billion pipelines projects were taken down in super secret Russian military operation by non-pro  Norweigean advanced underwater equipment bought in Norway for one million kroner with trace to RU ambassy. The 1M NOK = 100 000 €....  Yup. That´s it. 


CASE 18 - Swedish newspaper pushes Andromeda story and positions it as Polish/Ukrainian

21 May 2022 - Suspected traces of the sabotage against Nord Stream

A 26-year-old Ukrainian soldier with a fake passport and a letterbox company in Warsaw are two hot leads in the German investigation into the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline. Expressen can reveal that in collaboration with European media. 

The Russian vessels seen near the gas pipeline have been dismissed in that investigation and the focus is on a sailboat where German police found traces of military explosives. 

"According to sources, the Russian ships have been excluded from the investigation - their positions have been mapped and the conclusion is that they were not in a position to carry out the attack"

DEBUNK:

  • Fake identity created on  10th of October 2022: 



CASE 19 - There will be a few still


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CONCLUSION/SUMMARY:

Another explanation is needed ! 

 

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 Underlined and summarized:

(INFORMATIVE TAB WITH VALUES ASSOCIATED TO POSSIBLE CANDIDATES) 



Throught this investigation there was noticed 
one interesting phenomena
that several fake stories appeared 
AFTER I released important posts with new data.
It could be just coincidence as I post a lot.
Or not.



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