Nord Stream: Who masterminded its destruction?
The gas leak in the Baltic Sea from Nord Stream photographed from the Danish Coast Guard’s aircraft on September 27, 2022. Photo courtesy EPA-EFE/Danish Defence Command. The explosions that hit…
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The Nord Stream pipeline explosions: a geopolitical whodunit
This handout picture released on September 30, 2022 by the Danish Defence Command shows one of four gas leaks at one of the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines in the…
Pipeline politics and the Ukraine crisis
Nord Stream 2 pipe-laying in Swedish waters in the Baltic Sea. Photo by Axel Schmidt. “Canada is supporting Ukraine … because we have a clear and urgent national interest in…
Belarus: Freedom and sanctions in a pipeline country
The petroleum sector is crucial to the Belarusian economy, but US sanctions are having the unintended consequence of pushing the Lukashenko regime closer to Russia, whose companies are eager to…
Nord Stream 2: Last-ditch opposition to nearly-completed pipeline intensifies
Inspectors analyze components of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. Photo courtesy Nord Stream 2 Corp./Twitter. In March and early April, when Polish ships ventured into the restricted pipelaying zone for…
Nord Stream 2 pipeline—a saga of intrusion
An inspector visits the Chelyabinsk Tube Rolling Plant in Chelyabinsk, Moscow where components of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline are being made. Photo courtesy the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…
Venezuela shows courage in challenging US power
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. Image courtesy of the Government of Russia. When Iranian tankers were delivering gasoline to Venezuela in May, the situation was tense. With United States sanctions against…