fjum-Context series
Topic: Who blew the Nord Stream Pipeline?
Pancevski’s
recent book The Nord Stream Conspiracy: The Inside Story of the
Explosions That Shook the World (Die Nord Stream Sprengung: Die wahre
Geschichte der Sabotage, die Europa erschütterte) offers the most
comprehensive reconstruction to date of an attack that shook Europe.
When: Wednesday, 29 April 2026, 9:30-10:30 CEST. In-person only. No recording.
Where: fjum seminar room, Otto-Bauer-Gasse 6/2, 1060 Wien
Please register
HERE.
Speaker
Bojan
Pancevski is an award-winning journalist and The Wall Street Journal’s
chief European political correspondent, covering developments across
Europe and the wider world. He produces investigative reporting,
agenda-setting exclusives, analyses of politics and diplomacy, and
deeply reported features on extraordinary people and events.
In
recent years, his work has focused on Russia’s aggression against
Ukraine, the Kremlin’s covert operations in Europe, and the escalating
shadow war of espionage and sabotage between Russia and the West.
Over
nearly two decades of reporting from across Europe and beyond, Bojan
has written about virtually every major story on the continent: the
financial crisis that shook the eurozone, the wars in Ukraine, multiple
migration crises, Britain’s departure from the European Union, Russia’s
use of assassination against opponents of the regime, the rise of
Islamist terror, and the political upheavals across Europe.
With
his new book on the Nord Stream sabotage, he offers the most
comprehensive reconstruction to date of an attack that shook Europe.
Background
On
26 September 2022, a series of underwater explosions caused gas leaks
in three of the four Nord Stream pipelines, rendering them inoperable.
The leaks occurred within the exclusive economic zones of Denmark and
Sweden. Both pipelines had been built to transport natural gas from
Russia to Germany. Numerous theories—including conspiracy
theories—emerged regarding who was responsible for the attack. German
investigators identified a Ukrainian national residing in Warsaw as one
of the suspects, but Poland denied his extradition. In 2025, another
Ukrainian national was detained in Italy and formally extradited to
Germany, where he awaits trial.
Drawing on years of firsthand
reporting, Bojan Pancevski presents a comprehensive, behind-the-scenes
account of this audacious operation. Allegedly authorized at the highest
levels of Ukraine’s leadership, the mission was ostensibly unofficial
and carried out with the utmost secrecy. The Nord Stream Conspiracy
examines the two leading theories of responsibility—whether Russia or
the United States—and traces how these narratives developed, including
the widely discussed U.S. theory involving the CIA, which was reportedly
aware of the plot.
Format and Moderation
Conversation moderated by Mirjana Tomic, fjum/Presseclub Concordia , followed by a Q&A session.
Participants can ask question even before the assigned Q&A time.
Target audience
Professional journalists and academic researchers.
Maximum: 30 participants