https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/mystery-gas-leaks-hit-major-russian-undersea-gas-pipelines-europe-2022-09-27/
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Polish PM blames sabotage, without citing evidence
Russia say leaks threaten Europe's energy security
Footage shows gas bubbles churning sea surface
Operator says damage to Nord Stream 1 'unprecedented'
Crisis over Russian gas has sent prices soaring
STOCKHOLM/COPENHAGEN, Sept 27 (Reuters) - Europe was investigating leaks in two Russian gas pipelines that churned up the Baltic Sea with bubbles on Tuesday and raised concerns from Copenhagen to Moscow about sabotage on infrastructure at the heart of a European energy standoff.
But it remained far from clear who might be behind any foul play, if proven, on the Nord Stream pipelines that Russia with European partners spent billions of dollars building.
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Poland's prime minister blamed sabotage, without citing evidence, and the Danish premier said it could not be ruled out.
Russia, which has slashed gas deliveries to Europe after the West imposed sanctions, said sabotage was a possibility and the incident undermined the continent's energy security. A senior Ukrainian official called it a Russian attack to destabilise Europe, without giving proof.
Neither pipeline was pumping gas to Europe at the time the leaks were found amid the dispute over the war in Ukraine, but the incidents will scupper any remaining expectations that Europe could receive gas via Nord Stream 1 before winter.
"There are some indications that it is deliberate damage," said a European security source, while adding it was still too early to draw conclusions. "You have to ask: Who would profit?"
not Russia, not the EU - who indeed?
mebbe the same folks who are profiting now?