US Navy deep sea divers allegedly planted C4 explosives on the gas pipelines under the guise of NATO naval exercises, detonated on September 26 using a remote signal sent by a sonabuoy.

Skyrocketing energy prices have cost Europe nearly $1 trillion, considered the fallout of the war in Ukraine; it presages the beginning of the deepest crisis in decades.

The head of Russia’s energy giant Gazprom has warned that the likely imposition of a price cap on Russian gas in Europe would entail the termination of supplies to the continent.

An inevitable – certainly unforeseen - consequence is that in this new twist in the War of Economic Corridors, all bets are off: no pipeline or undersea cable, anywhere in the world, is now safe, and may become fair game in retaliation.

Russia's Gazprom suspends gas flow to Italy, citing apparent non-cooperation on the part of Austria.

Germany has nationalized major gas importer and utility provider Uniper, as Europe’s largest economy struggles with an energy crisis.

The Nord Stream 1 pipeline, a main Russian gas supply route to Europe, remains closed.