"Chunky steel pipes run through one of the exhibition rooms at Warsaw's Museum of Contemporary Art, part of an installation that purports to show how gas flows, propaganda and conspiracy theories intertwine. The exhibit is an artistic nod to Nord Stream 2, the undersea gas pipeline between Russia and Germany, which was completed in 2021 but had not entered service when mysterious underwater explosions took it out of action in September 2022."
"In the immediate aftermath of the attack, many suspected Moscow might have been responsible, but evidence has instead pointed to a plot carried out by Ukrainians. The Wall Street Journal reported last year that the operation was privately funded by Ukrainian business figures and carried out by a small group of Ukrainian military officers. It was initially approved by president Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who later tried unsuccessfully to call it off."
"Germany has issued arrest warrants for at least six people, including Ukrainian diver Volodymyr Zhuravlev, who was apprehended in Poland in late September. German prosecutors believe Zhuravlev was directly involved in the explosions. He was part of a group of people who placed explosives on the Nord Stream 1 and Nord Stream 2 gas pipelines near the island of Bornholm in September 2022, Germany's federal court of justice said."
An art installation in Warsaw uses steel pipes to evoke Nord Stream 2 and link gas flows with propaganda and conspiracy theories. The Nord Stream undersea pipelines were completed in 2021 but were disabled by underwater explosions in September 2022. The pipelines became a symbol of Germany's economic ties with Russia and provoked anger and anxiety in Poland since construction began in 2015. Evidence has shifted suspicion from Moscow toward a plot carried out by Ukrainians, reportedly privately funded and executed by a small group of military officers with initial approval from President Zelenskyy. Germany has issued arrest warrants for several suspects, including diver Volodymyr Zhuravlev, accused of placing explosives near Bornholm.
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