Background: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Nord_Stream_pipeline_sabotage
Multiple answers will be chosen if more than one actor is involved. “Involved” means has knowledge of the event and contributed to the sabotage prior to its happening.
Resolves when there is a clear actor beyond a reasonable doubt.
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Serhiy Kuznetsov is currently in
pre-trial detention (Untersuchungshaft) in Germany (as of February 2026). He is considered a prime suspect in connection with the explosive attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022.
Current Status of Detention (February 2026)
Continued Custody: In January 2026, the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) rejected an appeal against his continued detention.
Location: Kuznetsov is being held in a German correctional facility following his extradition from Italy in late November 2025.
Conditions: There have been reports of criticism regarding his detention conditions. The Ukrainian Human Rights Commissioner, Dmytro Lubinets, complained in January 2026 about restricted phone calls and issues with the provision of adequate clothing and food.
Background and Allegations
Charges: The German Federal Prosecutor's Office accuses the Ukrainian citizen and former officer of joint causation of an explosive blast and unconstitutional sabotage.
Role: He is alleged to have coordinated the group that planted explosives on the pipelines from the sailing yacht "Andromeda."
Arrest: Kuznetsov was arrested in Italy in August 2025 based on a European arrest warrant. Following months of legal disputes and a hunger strike in Italian custody, the Italian courts eventually approved his extradition to Germany.
The court rejected defense arguments regarding potential immunity as a state official, ruling that German justice has jurisdiction over the act.
Federal Court of Justice press release
https://www.bundesgerichtshof.de/SharedDocs/Pressemitteilungen/EN/2026/StB60-25.html
German authorities issue a European arrest warrant for Zhuravlev
Poland doesn't execute the warrant; instead warns Zhuravlev
He flees to Ukraine
Donald Tusk says something on Twitter about how Nord Stream was a bad idea from the start
I think this is pretty clear?
@tmk Russia avoided a lot of very large fines that would have begun very soon after the explosions. So many had motive! Russia, Ukraine, US, Poland, Belarus, Turkey etc etc
According to leaked documents posted online, the U.S. had information that Ukraine was planning to attack the Baltic Sea gas links three months before the explosions, the Washington Post reported last year.
(from the Politico article in the oldest comment)
@Philip3773733 From the description:
“Involved” means has knowledge of the event and contributed to the sabotage prior to its happening.
Which I had interpreted as meaning either had knowledge, or contributed. But I'm not sure if that's what was intended.
Can you clarify, @wglane ?
@Primer they had knowledge of a plot to do it on a different date and tried to stop them. But not about this particular operation.
@MateuszSkrzypek why would you add this answer when both Poland and Ukraine are represented and multiple answers can resolve "yes"?
@MateuszSkrzypek "Multiple answers will be chosen if more than one actor is involved"
Poland and Ukraine are already there
Don't know who added a person instead of a state/institution but: