What is Nord Stream?
'''Nord Stream''' ({{lang-ru|Северный поток}}, ''Severny potok'') is a system of offshore [[natural gas]] [[pipeline|pipelines]] in [[Europe]]. They are running under the [[Baltic Sea]] from [[Russia]] to [[Germany]]. It includes two pipelines running from [[Vyborg]] in northwestern Russia to [[Lubmin]] near [[Greifswald]] in northeastern Germany forming the original Nord Stream (also known as '''Nord Stream 1''';<ref name=reuters211219> {{cite news | first = Andrey | last = Kuzmin | url = https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-russia-nord-stream-reaction/russia-to-go-ahead-with-gas-pipe-project-despite-u-s-sanctions-idUSKBN1YP0AF | title = Russia to go ahead with gas pipe project despite U.S. sanctions | work = [[Reuters]] | date = 21 December 2019 | access-date = 3 September 2020}} </ref> and two further pipelines running from [[Ust-Luga]] in northwestern Russia to Lubmin termed '''Nord Stream 2'''. Russia's gas behemoth Gazprom constructed the pipelines. Nord Stream 1 operated between 2011 and 2022. Nord Stream 2 was finalized in 2021 but remained unused as Germany suspended the project shortly after Russia's extensive invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. On 26 September 2022 Nord Stream 1 and 2 were [[2022 Nord Stream pipeline sabotage|sabotaged]].<ref>{{Cite press release |title=Bekräftat sabotage vid Nord Stream |url=https://www.aklagare.se/nyheter-press/pressmeddelanden/2022/november/bekraftat-sabotage-vid-nord-stream/ |access-date=18 November 2022 |website=Åklagarmyndigheten (Swedish Prosecution Authority) |language=sv |trans-title=Confirmed sabotage on Nord Stream}}</ref><ref name=thehill-20221118>{{cite news |title= Swedish say they found evidence of explosives in Nord Stream pipelines |url= https://thehill.com/policy/international/3742163-swedish-say-they-found-evidence-of-explosives-in-nord-stream-pipelines/ |first=Jared |last=Gans |website=[[The Hill (newspaper)|The Hill]] |language=en |date=18 November 2022 |access-date=2023-09-06}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{stub}} [[Category:Eco