It was one of the most audacious acts of sabotage in modern history - in September 2022, explosions ripped through the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia underneath the Baltic Sea. The attack reshaped European geo-politics but at the time, no one knew who ordered the bombing, or carried it out. Journalist Bojan Pancevski has spent three years tracing the operation - and says the answers to those questions involve a tiny team of divers, a rented yacht and a former erotic model known only as ‘Freya’.

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00:00 – Who blew up Nord Stream?

02:55 – Why Nord Stream mattered

06:39 – Inside the sabotage mission

17:19 – Russia, CIA or Ukraine?

24:00 – Evidence, arrests and who ordered it

Guest: Bojan Pancevski, chief European political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal

Hosts: Tom Newton Dunn

Producer: Julia Webster

Executive producer: Dan Box

Image: Kathia Mestanza, Getty

Clips: Getty Images, Danish Defence Command

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