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Climate extremists claim responsibility for blackout affecting 50,000 households

A group of self-described climate activists has claimed responsibility for a massive power outage that hit five districts in southwestern Berlin, saying the action targeted the fossil fuel industry and “the rich.”

Up to 50,000 households and 2,200 commercial entities were affected by the blackout in the early hours of Saturday, a spokesman for the local electricity provider, Stromnetz Berlin, told the Berliner Zeitung. “Full restoration of power supply” is expected no sooner than January 8, according to the company. The residents of the affected areas would have to remain without power in “freezing temperatures” ranging from -7C to -1C, the paper reported.

Police are treating the incident as a targeted arson attack, according to local media. The blackout was caused by a blaze that hit a power bridge over the Teltow Canal, which goes through the southern part of the city. Several nursing homes and elderly care centers had to be evacuated because of the incident, according to a local fire department. No casualties have been reported in connection to the incident.

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Finnish police seize vessel suspected of damaging undersea telecoms cable in Baltic Sea

Finnish police have seized and searched a vessel suspected of damaging undersea telecoms cables in the Baltic Sea.

The cable was damaged in the Gulf of Finland between the capital cities of Helsinki and Tallin in Estonia early this morning.

The ship had been dragging its anchor for hours along the sea bed when it was discovered by police in Finland’s exclusive economic zone.

Its crew of 14 – hailing from Russia, Georgia, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan – was detained by Finnish police, local media said.

The ship, named the Fitburg, was flagged in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. It had been travelling from Russia to Israel.

Experts and political leaders have viewed the incidents as part of a ‘hybrid war’ carried out by Russia against the West – sabotaging vital infrastructure.

It has been flagged as an issue increasingly since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022. 

Helsinki police have opened an investigation into ‘aggravated disruption of telecommunications’ and ‘aggravated sabotage and attempted aggravated sabotage’.

The damage happened in Estonia’s exclusive economic zone, police said. 

The cable, owned by Finnish telecommunications company Elisa, is critical to Finland’s underwater infrastructure, providing power and communication for thousands of Europeans.

Finnish National Police Commissioner Ilkka Koskimäki told local media that investigators are not speculating on whether a state-level actor was behind the damage.

‘Finland is prepared for security challenges of various kinds, and we respond to them as necessary,’ Finnish President Alexander Stubb wrote on social platform X.

Earlier this year, a captain and and two senior officers of a Russia-linked vessel were charged after their vessel damaged undersea cables between Finland and Estonia on Christmas Day 2024.

Charges of aggravated criminal mischief and aggravated interference with communications were filed against the captain and first and second officers of the Eagle S oil tanker, the Finnish deputy prosecutor general said in August.

Their names were not made public. The statement said they denied the allegations.

The Kremlin also previously denied allegations that they were involved in the damaging of the cables.

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Did A German Court Just Shatter One Of The Biden Era’s Biggest Lies

It is often said that “the first casualty when war comes is truth.” A criminal warrant just issued in Germany shows that war continues to claim its victims. However, this warrant could prove to be as great an indictment not just of the government of Volodymyr Zelensky, but also of former President Joe Biden.

This week, a German court issued an arrest warrant for Ukrainian Serhii Kuznietsov, which may finally confirm what was long suspected: that Ukraine was responsible for the 2022 sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines in the waters near Denmark and Sweden.

The Biden administration may have been given prior warning. It was allegedly told years ago by a Ukrainian whistleblower that a six-person team of Ukrainian special forces was planning to rent a boat, dive to the sea floor and blow up the Nord Stream project. The operation was reportedly led by Gen. Valerii Zaluzhnyi, commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s armed forces.

Nevertheless, after the attack, the Biden administration and many in the media fueled speculation that Russia had destroyed its own pipeline, despite evidence and logic to the contrary.

It was another convenient claim of a Russian false-flag operation that allowed the Biden administration to ignore the possibility that Ukraine had not only engaged in environmental crimes but had also knowingly lied to its allies.

For years, some of us have questioned the official account from the Biden administration about the available evidence of those responsible.

The suggestion of a Russian attack on a Russian pipeline never seemed logical.

However, the administration was funneling billions in support for Ukraine, funding that now exceeds an estimated $180 billion.

Having Ukraine sabotage pipelines to our allies would hardly be opportune when many were questioning the costs to U.S. citizens.

The Biden administration was not alone in running interference for Ukraine, as Zelensky denied responsibility despite mounting evidence to the contrary. When another alleged Ukrainian saboteur was found in Poland, a Polish court blocked the extradition to Germany and ordered his release. The reason? The judge did not base the decision on Ukrainian denials. Instead, he declared that the act had been committed in the name of a just war. (Poland remains the frontline against Russian aggression in Europe).

An Italian court did not engage in such rationalization. It ordered the extradition of Kuznietsov, believed to be a key figure in the conspiracy. The attack involved leasing a yacht in the German port of Rostock, using forged IDs and a screen of intermediaries. Kuznietsov insists that he was an army captain serving in Ukraine at the time.

If the investigators are correct, it was not just the Ukrainian government that was lying to us. Biden was also presumably informed by the intelligence agencies of this evidence. Yet Biden kept suggesting anyway that the Russians were covering up the truth. He told the public, “The Russians are pumping out disinformation and lies. We will work with our allies to get to the bottom [of precisely what happened] Just don’t listen to what Putin’s saying. What he’s saying we know is not true.”

Ironically, even if we were told about this evidence, the public might still have supported the commitment to Ukraine. After all, Ukraine is the victim of a horrendous invasion that has involved repeated charges of war crimes against the Russian forces. However, the public has a legitimate expectation that a country that is receiving billions in support will not engage in environmental attacks on our allies. These pipelines were in the economic zone of two NATO countries.

As the Germans work to find the truth, the question is whether the American public will ever be given transparency on our own government’s alleged complicity or knowledge. The public was asked to pump billions into a war while the administration allegedly covered up an attack by Ukraine on a Western pipeline — and then may have misled the public.

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Italy Extradites Ukrainian Ex-Secret Service Member to Germany – Serhii K. Is Accused of Coordinating the Nord Stream Gas Pipeline Sabotage

Unlike Poland, Italy does not whitewash the Nord Stream sabotage.

We have been reporting here on TGP about one of the largest sabotage attacks after WW2 – the September 2022 bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline.

We have followed all the narratives and theories floated publicly, from the laughable allegations that Russia blew up their own pipeline, up to the very credible article by Seymour Hersh pinning the blame on the CIA.

While the world largely moved on from the event, with energy prices in Europe surging, the German authorities have been working hard at it.

In august, we reported: Ukrainian Arrested in Italy for Nord Stream Pipeline Attack Is Ex-member of Secret Service SBU, Special Forces – Serhii K. Is Fighting Against Extradition to Germany.

In October, a Polish court denied handing over another Ukrainian suspect wanted by Germany in connection with the explosions, and ordered his immediate release from detention, to the delight of liberal PM Donald Tusk.

But Italy has finally extradited the main suspect to Germany.

Reuters reported:

“A Ukrainian man suspected of coordinating the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipeline in 2022 arrived in Germany on Thursday after Italy’s top court approved his handover last week, German federal prosecutors said.”

Investigators spent years piecing together the mystery of who was behind this major sabotage act.

“The man, identified as Serhii K under German privacy laws that generally bar full identification of suspects, denies any role in the attacks. His lawyer Nicola Canestrini has said he is confident his client will be acquitted at a trial in Germany.”

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German Investigation Into Nord Stream Pipeline Attack Threatens To Blow up European Support for the Ukrainian Perpetrators: REPORT

Euro-Globalists want to prevent German authorities to prosecute the Ukrainian suspects.

While the world went about its business, for the last three years, a group of top German investigators applied themselves to an investigation that apparently no one in Europe wants resolved.

We are talking about what WSJ calls ‘the greatest act of sabotage in modern history’ – the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines.

The problem with the German investigation is that, instead of pointing to the usual suspects (Russia), the evidence led the detectives towards a plot emanating from Ukraine – the obvious beneficiary.

Evidence of Ukrainian involvement in the attack includes: location, tracking, facial recognition, and links to veteran divers who participated in the operation.

The fact that German police won’t try to frame Moscow for blowing up its own pipeline has set European countries against each other.

Take Poland, for example: not only did they refuse to extradite one of the suspects to stand trial in Germany, they actually branded him a ‘hero’ for destroying Russian infrastructure.

The Wall Street Journal reported (behind a paywall):

“Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, who has long questioned Germany’s dependence on Russian energy, ridiculed the investigation. The problem isn’t that the pipeline was blown up, he said. The ‘problem is that it was built.’”

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German Investigators Say Ukrainian Military Unit Carried Out Nord Stream Bombing

A team of German detectives believes that an elite Ukrainian military unit carried out the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines in September 2022. So far, Berlin has requested the arrest and extradition of two Ukrainians for their role in the sabotage attack. 

According to the Wall Street Journal, the investigator claims an elite Ukrainian military unit carried out the attacks under the direct supervision of Gen. Valery Zaluzhny, then-commander of the Ukrainian armed forces. Zaluzhny is currently serving as the ambassador to the UK. 

The German detectives say Zaluzhny ordered the elite unit and divers to plant explosives on the pipelines that carried natural gas from Russia to central Europe. 

Berlin has so far issued arrest warrants for two Ukrainians, whom they believe are involved in the attack. One person was arrested in Italy and is currently being extradited to Germany. A second man was detained in Poland. However, Warsaw is refusing to extradite the Ukrainian, as Poland supports the bombing of the Nord Stream pipelines. 

According to the WSJ, German investigators have a myriad of evidence linking the Ukrainian military unit to the crime, including phone records, photos, and boat rental records. 

Russian and German gas companies jointly owned the Nord Stream pipelines. If the investigator’s accusation proves true, it could complicate relations between Kiev and Berlin. 

Currently, Germany is Ukraine’s largest financial backer. Earlier this month, Germany transferred two Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine.

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Hungary accuses Polish PM of ‘defending terrorists’

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto on Wednesday accused Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk of “defending terrorists,” over comments about the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. 

Tusk had claimed the day before in a post on X that “the problem with North Stream 2 is not that it was blown up. The problem is that it was built.”

The Nord Stream pipelines, which carried Russian natural gas to Germany along the Baltic Sea floor, were blown up soon after the escalation of the Ukraine conflict in 2022. 

Szijjarto condemned the Polish prime ministers post in a reply, asking what else the Polish prime minister could find “forgivable or even praiseworthy.”

“According to Donald Tusk, blowing up a gas pipeline is acceptable,” he wrote. 

“That’s shocking… One thing is clear: we don’t want a Europe where prime ministers defend terrorists,” he added.

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Poland Arrests Ukrainian Diver Over Nord Stream Sabotage Explosions

The plot surrounding the mystery of the 2022 Nord Stream gas pipeline sabotage explosions and secret op continues to thicken, as Poland has on Tuesday issued a surprise announcement saying it has arrested a suspected connected with it.

“A Ukrainian man suspected of being involved in causing undersea explosions that damaged the Nord Stream gas pipelines between Russia and Germany in 2022 was arrested in Poland, a spokesperson for the District Prosecutor’s Office in Warsaw said Tuesday,” The Associated Press reports.

Without irony or satire, the AP identifies further that “Volodymyr Z. was detained in Pruszkow, central Poland, according to Polish radio station RMF FM, which first reported his capture” – based on a European arrest warrant issued by German authorities. 

The man in custody has elsewhere been described, including in Reuters, as a Ukrainian diver wanted by Germany… and his name is Volodymr Z… though the reporting is not based on The Onion.

This is the second recent arrest related to the Nord Stream sabotage investigation, as last month another Ukrainian man was arrested in Italy in connection.

The mainstream media narrative on this major event which came early in the Ukraine war has shifted dramatically several times. In the opening months, the MSM was lockstep in collectively assuming Russia must have bombed its own key pipelines, effectively economically sabotaging itself and a (at the time) leading European energy export partner.

Then, as we highlighted, there was in 2024 the “bombshell” WSJ Nord Stream report which was a shift, but yet another attempt by mainstream gatekeepers to put official distance between President Zelensky and his supposedly ‘rogue’ top general at the time who ‘oversaw’ the covert op.

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Trump Calls For the Arrest of UN Escalator Saboteurs, Demands Investigation Into Three “Very Sinister Events”

President Trump on Wednesday evening called for the UN staffers who intentionally stopped the escalators at the United Nations this week to be jailed.

Trump also demanded an investigation into three “very sinister events” that took place at the United Nations.

“A REAL DISGRACE took place at the United Nations yesterday — Not one, not two, but three very sinister events! First, the escalator going up to the Main Speaking Floor came to a screeching halt. It stopped on a dime. It’s amazing that Melania and I didn’t fall forward onto the sharp edges of these steel steps, face first. It was only that we were each holding the handrail tightly or, it would have been a disaster. This was absolutely sabotage, as noted by a day’s earlier “post” in The London Times that said UN workers “joked about turning off an escalator.” The people that did it should be arrested! Then, as I stood before a Television crowd of millions of people all over the World, and important Leaders in the Hall, my teleprompter didn’t work. It was stone cold dark. I immediately thought to myself, “Wow, first the escalator event, and now a bad teleprompter. What kind of a place is this?” I then proceeded to make a Speech without a teleprompter, which kicked in about 15 minutes later. The good news is the Speech has gotten fantastic reviews. Maybe they appreciated the fact that very few people could have done what I did. And third, after making the Speech, I was told that the sound was completely off in the Auditorium where the Speech was made, that World Leaders, unless they used the interpreters’ earpieces, couldn’t hear a thing. The first person I saw at the conclusion of the Speech was Melania, who was sitting right up front. I said, “How did I do?” And she said, “I couldn’t hear a word you said.” This wasn’t a coincidence, this was triple sabotage at the UN. They ought to be ashamed of themselves. I’m sending a copy of this letter to the Secretary General, and I demand an immediate investigation. No wonder the United Nations hasn’t been able to do the job that they were put in existence to do. All security tapes at the escalator should be saved, especially the emergency stop button. The Secret Service is involved. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”

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Why is Germany covering for the terrorists that attacked it?

Once upon a time, long, long ago, scandals had consequences even in the West, at least sometimes. In the ancient US of 1974, Richard ‘Tricky Dick’ Nixon had to go because of Watergate, which, unlike Russiagate, was real, if hardly sensational by our standards today.

Even in the late 1990s, early post-unification Germany, the career of a giant like Helmut ‘chancellor of unification’ Kohl took a lethal hit from a rather boring affair turning on creative accounting in party finances. Indeed, biased media hype and liberal pearl-clutching was the whole brouhaha’s real essence. Without it, Angela Merkel might never have been able to knife her old benefactor Kohl in the back, and Gerhard Schroeder might not have become chancellor.

Now the West has devolved further. Our political elites in the US and EU have learned not to care, and more importantly, they have learned how to make us not care, or at least not enough. The worst political scandal of recent US history is the oddly inexplicable career of Jeffrey Epstein, convicted pedophile criminal and suspected intelligence operative as well as intimate friend of, it seems, most of the American establishment (in a thoroughly ‘bipartisan’ manner with vile favors to all). Its fall-out should already have profoundly changed America’s domestic and foreign policy, especially in the Middle East. And yet, it probably never will.

In NATO-EU Europe, things are at least equally dismal, as is appropriate for what is really just the most masochistic backyard of the American empire. There, the single worst scandal is what has happened to the Nord Stream pipelines at the bottom of the Baltic. Built at a cost of around $20 billion to bring inexpensive gas from Russia to Germany and the EU as a whole, in September 2022, they were mostly destroyed by sabotage.

That was the worst act of eco-terrorism in European history. Especially, with Russia and China now finalizing the building of the Power of Siberia Two pipeline, the destruction of Nord Stream will also be remembered as part of a historic reorientation of Eurasian energy flows that locked in Germany’s – and the EU’s – self-Morgenthauing de-industrialization.

This insane event was then followed by a most bizarre cover-up. Indeed, between the attack and the cover-up, it is impossible to tell which has been the more stunning, jaw-dropping outrage. But then, we don’t have to: the whole thing is one big mess.

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