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Bulgarian fake passport used in the Nord Stream sabotage

Газопровод "Северен поток" в Балтийско море
Photo: Алами, Ройтерс

At least one of the fake passports used to hire a yacht to blow up the Nord Stream gas pipelines was Bulgarian, Der Spiegel reported.
 An investigation by the German media ARD and Die Zeit weekly the explosions of the two gas pipelines at the end of September were carried out by six people who rented a yacht in Rostock. They presented fake passports which, according to German investigators, were 'very well made'. Traces of explosives were found in the yacht. Three separate investigations into the sabotage are under way - in Sweden, Denmark and Germany.



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