It was one of the most audacious acts of sabotage in modern history - in September 2022, explosions ripped through the Nord Stream pipelines carrying natural gas from Russia underneath the Baltic Sea. The attack reshaped European geo-politics but at the time, no one knew who ordered the bombing, or carried it out. Journalist Bojan Pancevski has spent three years tracing the operation - and says the answers to those questions involve a tiny team of divers, a rented yacht and a former erotic model known only as ‘Freya’. #NordStream #Geopolitics #InvestigativeJournalism #BojanPancevski #BalticSea Get in touch: generalandjournalist@thetimes.co.uk Guest: Bojan Pancevski, chief European political correspondent for the Wall Street Journal Hosts: Tom Newton Dunn Producer: Julia Webster Executive producer: Dan Box Image: Kathia Mestanza, Getty Clips: Getty Images, Danish Defence Command Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/ 00:00 – Who blew up Nord Stream? 02:51 – Why Nord Stream mattered 06:46 – Inside the sabotage mission 17:40 – Russia, CIA or Ukraine? 24:06 – Evidence, arrests and who ordered it