JS: Stark says that this incident became a point of suspicion in his investigation — and that of the German authorities as well — because of how quick the Polish authorities were to insist that there was no reason to be suspicious of the crew or its movements in the Baltic Sea the preceding days.
Holger Stark: So, the big question mark here is, if the Polish authorities somehow observed what The Andromeda was doing, maybe they had a tip or something and tried to cover it up. Because Poland always has been a political opponent of Nord Stream 1 and 2. They never wanted Germany to conduct that kind of business with the Russians. They always were on the American side when it came to the question if there would be sanctions, should sanctions be imposed, or so.
So, Poland always had a vital interest to [destroy], basically, those pipelines. And even though they might not be involved directly, the strong assumption — not only by us as reporters, but also by German investigators — is that the Poles know something about that, they are just not willing to say so.
JS: If one were to look at the Nord Stream bombing and list the countries with a motive, Poland would be high on the list. It also stands to benefit financially from its destruction.