Five reasons why Russia is likely behind the Nord Stream industrial sabotage
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The apparent sabotage of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline has experts pointing to Moscow as the culprit. Rebekah Koffler, author of "Putin's Playbook," is one such expert.
Rebekah Koffler is the president of Doctrine & Strategy Consulting, a former DIA intelligence officer, and the author of "Putin’s Playbook: Russia’s Secret Plan to Defeat America." She also wrote the foreword for "Zelensky: The Unlikely Ukrainian Hero."
First, Putin has the motivation. Facing potential defeat in Ukraine, Putin is desperate to reverse the momentum on the battlefield by resorting to dramatic escalation. This is his way of trying to compel the U.S. and Europe to stop providing long-range weaponry to Ukraine. The outcome of the conflict in Ukraine is an existential issue for him personally and for Russia. Russia views Ukraine, along with other former Soviet states, as part of its strategic security perimeter.
Putin has already declared adding Ukraine to NATO and integrating into the West a "red line." Moscow views this as its version of the Monroe Doctrine.
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