Preliminary

After all, the real murderer behind the arrest of "Beixi 1" still did not survive the seven-day interrogation.Not only did he confess to the crime he committed, but he also provided the investigation department with a very valuable clue - the information of the remaining six accomplices. Germany urgently issued an arrest warrant, but one of the members was likely dead. Under the account of the arrested criminals, a shocking case seemed to be gradually coming to light.

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The story also starts on August 21, when the police had been waiting for the morning fog in the seaside town of Misano Adriatica, Italy. I only heard the command from behind say "lock on the target." The police mobilized at the same time, and the police immediately rushed into the room of the resort hotel and pressed a man inside to the ground.

This man named Sergey is none other than a former Ukrainian army captain and security service agentPerhaps even the moment Serge was arrested, people did not expect that an international unsolved case spanning three years-"Nord Stream One" would have a turning point. However, the road to interrogation was not as smooth as the outside world imagined. It lasted for 168 hours in seven days and seven nights. This breakthrough was really hard-won!

At first, the temperature in the interrogation room was strictly controlled at 22 degrees, which was considered to be the most relaxing alert temperature, but it was ineffective for Sergey. Wolfgang Schultz, director of the psychoanalysis department of the Federal Criminal Police Bureau, recorded in the subsequently declassified interrogation log that Sergey's performance on the first day made the police catch up, and he was able to stay in the same position for dozens of hours without any extra moves!

In the first two rounds of interrogations, conventional methods were completely ineffective. When interrogator Martin Bach showed the sailing records of the Andromeda for the first time, he only responded lightly: "Someone may have copied my signature. I know nothing about this ship." Faced with the DNA comparison results, he also defended: "I lost my backpack in Rostock Port in 2022 with my hair samples in it."

It seemed that this time there was a hard stubble. Just when the interrogation process was heated up, it didn't usher in a turning point until the morning of the third day. The team gave up the traditional mode of throwing out all the evidence at one time, but played the maritime surveillance video step by step, then showed the satellite positioning data, and finally showed the capital chain evidence.

On the afternoon of the fourth day, psychological tactics were fully upgraded.The team no longer defined Sergey as a ¡°criminal¡± but repeatedly emphasized his identity as a ¡°exploited¡±,Clearly inform Sergi: "If you can provide clues of significant meritorious service, you can be qualified for halving your sentence and witness protection plan, and you can live anonymously in Germany in the future."

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When Sergei signed the confession, it was early in the morning of the eighth day, the 176-page confession not only listed the information of the six comrades, but also revealed a more critical detail ¨C ¡°Before the operation, someone provided us with detailed engineering drawings of the North Stream pipeline, including welding locations and pressure nodes, to ensure that the explosives can accurately destroy critical parts.¡±

This confession turned the investigation into the North Stream case from capturing the perpetrators to pursuing the behind-the-scenes commanders, who can get the pipeline engineering drawings? who has the ability to organize such a squad of disruptors?

But there is no doubt that the "North Stream 1" case has already made a major breakthrough.

On the early morning of September 26, 2022, seismic monitors in the waters near Bornholm Island in the Baltic Sea suddenly recorded two abnormal tremors.A few hours later, Gazprom issued an emergency statement: "Nord Stream-1" and "Nord Stream-2" pipeline three branch lines leaked simultaneously,An almost unprecedented underwater explosion destroyed an energy artery with a total investment of over 10 billion euros.

Sergey also revealed important clues, as early as September 6, 2022, he led a team of seven people, on a rented "Fantasy" sailing boat departing from the port of Rostock in Germany. but the seven people on board, each of them, consisting of four divers, an explosion expert and a captain, and they have a fake Ukrainian passport in their hands, diving through the Polish border into Germany.

During the whole process, the division of labor of the seven people was clear and uncomplicated. After the sailboat went to sea, it immediately turned off the AIS automatic identification system and successfully avoided the maritime monitoring. The interval between the two explosions was only ten minutes, and the submarine crater was several meters deep.

This incident caused a great sensation at the time, but three years later, it is still inconclusive who the mastermind behind the scenes is. Now, after the arrest of its core member Sergi, what turning point has "Beixi No. 1" ushered in?

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Before Sergey was arrested, the North Stream incident investigation had fallen into a three-year impasse, Denmark and Sweden in February last year, but refused to publish the core evidence, Germany although insisted on the investigation but always lacked a direct breakthrough.

After the news of Sergi's arrest spread, it was not the German police who first responded, but the diplomatic departments of various countries. Some people wanted to take this opportunity to clarify the truth, others wanted to "cover the lid", and others secretly "adjusted their chips". A silent contest quietly unfolded on the international stage.

Russia's response was the most direct and angry.The deputy representative to the United Nations, Polyansky, held a press conference on the same day, holding a copy of Sergey's confession, and asked: "Why has Germany not allowed Russia to participate in the investigation?" It must be known that Nord Stream 1 is Russia's core energy asset. After the explosion, Russia lost nearly 20 billion euros in natural gas revenue every year, and was also poured dirty water on Western public opinion for two years.

Now that there are clues that relevant Ukrainian personnel are involved in the case, Russia naturally wants to seize the opportunity to wash away its stigma and put pressure on the West at the same time. However, Germany's response was very cold, shutting out Russia by saying that "investigation is an independent judicial act and does not accept external intervention".

Ukraine was caught in a dilemma, and the office of the president immediately came out to deny official involvement, said that Sergi only acted personally as a former soldier. But this excuse seems pale in the face of details. After all, there are several former members of the Ukrainian Security Service in Sergi's team, and the "real passports with false names" they use also need official channels to get them. Moreover, when Tong Zelensky was pressed by reporters, he suddenly changed the topic and said, "Now we should pay more attention to the situation on the front line." This kind of avoidance made people think.

Although Sergey confessed and Germany issued six arrest warrants, the truth of the "North Stream 1" case was not far from the time when the water came out.

There was an explosion expert named Fershevolod, who had been killed in a battle in Udoon last December, dead without evidence.

There was also a diver named Vladimir. When Germany asked Poland to assist in the arrest, Poland deliberately delayed for three days. As a result, Vladimir fled back to Ukraine in a diplomatic vehicle of the Ukrainian military attache in Poland.

The remaining few, possibly hiding in the military protections of Ukraine, may have fled Europe long ago, and Germany wants to catch people across the country, and it is difficult to climb.

conclusion

Although Serge admitted his identity as the organizer, he repeatedly emphasized that he was only carrying out orders. As for who the orders came from, he was either silent or vague.

Serge's arrest is only a small turning point in the "Nord Stream One" case and is not the end. The truth of this bombing has long been more than just who blew up the pipeline.

References:

1. Breakthrough in the investigation of the "Beixi" explosion, Germany issued arrest warrants for six Ukrainian suspects-China Youth Daily

2. Russia says it is satisfied with the progress of the investigation into the "Nord Stream" explosion and urges a thorough investigation of the real murderer-CCTV News