Bangladesh, Aug. 23 -- The Nord Stream pipeline sabotage, one of the most consequential acts of infrastructure destruction in modern European history, continues to generate controversy, suspicion, and competing narratives. The underwater blasts in September 2022 that ripped through Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 – Russias multi-billion-dollar natural gas conduits to Germany – not only severed a crucial energy link but also set off a geopolitical storm. Nearly two years later, the official story of what happened and who was responsible remains disputed.

Italian media outlets Open.Online and Il Fatto Quotidiano have now published new claims suggesting that the bombing was orchestrated by a small, seven-man group led by a forme...