I do remember the conjecture that Putin arranged for the explosions at 3 apartment buildings killing at least 300 people, which he used to cement power. This made sense to me then, which is one reason I suspect Russia sabotaged Nord Stream. They were not getting the needed equipment from Canada and Europe was not buying much anyway. So let’s blame it on the US or NATO. I suspected the Kremlin drone was also a Russian act, I just did not imagine it was only a stupid flag argument.
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