The Nord Stream Pipelines – What is Known About Their Destruction

On March 14, 2023 Russia circulated at the UN its correspondence with Germany, Denmark and Sweden on the investigation of the explosions at the Nord Stream and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines. Here after the main “Known Facts” about the pipelines and their destruction. History of Nord Stream In the 1990s, Russian gas giant Gazprom began exploring the options for building an export gas pipeline across the Baltic Sea to Central Europe, which would bypass Ukraine, Belarus, Poland and other Eastern European and Baltic transit countries. In 2000, the European Commission approved a preliminary design of the pipeline, giving it…