{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/6aa1695da452084d2255ab99?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Who really blew up the Nord Stream pipeline?","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6825a844b1b74cbbae73d5a8/1788963705613-05988000-5fdf-4edb-ac13-b88fc0ec0730.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>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’.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Get in touch: <a href=\"mailto:generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk</a></p><p><br></p><p>00:00 – Who blew up Nord Stream?</p><p>02:55 – Why Nord Stream mattered</p><p>06:39 – Inside the sabotage mission</p><p>17:19 – Russia, CIA or Ukraine?</p><p>24:00 – Evidence, arrests and who ordered it</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Guest:</strong> Bojan Pancevski, chief European political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal</p><p><strong>Hosts: </strong>Tom Newton Dunn</p><p><strong>Producer: </strong>Julia Webster</p><p><strong>Executive producer</strong>: Dan Box</p><p><strong>Image:</strong> Kathia Mestanza, Getty</p><p><strong>Clips:</strong> Getty Images, Danish Defence Command</p><p><br></p><p>Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.</p>","author_name":"The Times"}