Bangladesh, Aug. 22 -- The long and convoluted saga of the Nord Stream pipeline explosions has taken another dramatic turn. On August 22, Italian media published an image allegedly depicting Sergey Kuznetsov, a 49-year-old Ukrainian man arrested a day earlier on suspicion of masterminding the sabotage of the pipelines in September 2022. The publication of his photograph, reportedly sourced from either police or official identity records, is the latest piece in a puzzle that continues to raise questions not only about culpability but also about the geopolitical motives behind one of the most consequential acts of energy sabotage in modern history.

Kuznetsov was arrested near Rimini, Italy, on August 21 under a European arrest warrant issu...