The mystery of who was behind the Nord Stream pipeline blasts in the Baltic last year appears to have defied the world’s most sophisticated intelligence services. Now the case may have been cracked — not with the help of any government agency but by a group of Nordic journalists united by an enjoyment of vodka and puzzles.
The seven journalists from Denmark, Sweden, Finland and Norway published detailed evidence last week of Russian vessels loitering near the site of the explosions. Their findings were aired in a podcast chronicling tense meetings with mysterious contacts and cat-and-mouse adventures on the high seas.
