Who blew up Nordstream [And why it was Russia]

A slight departure for me. Today we look at the attack on the Nordstream gas pipelines, who did it, and why. [It was Russia]

Contents:
00:00 Introduction
01:55 Context
04:47 Background to the pipelines existence
05:54 European money for Russian gas
07:14 What we know
08:23 Levels of offense and thresholds of response
12:45 Why the operation was Covert (And Russian)
18:16 Why did they do it and what does it mean?
19:48 What can we expect (And can we expect nuclear attacks?)
20:12 Caveat and exit

Liminal zone warfare
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Liminal-warfare-layers-between-clandestine-and-overt-action_fig3_333222899

Other footage publicly sourced from YouTube and news outlets

In case anyone missed it at the 05:35 mark, to be clear I was being sarcastic. Doing business with oppressive regimes generally doesn't lead them to liberalise, and the consistent sanctions on South Africa for a generation played a significant role in ending the appalling Apartheid regime.

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