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Explosives Found Near Serbia's Balkan Stream Pipeline

Explosives Found Near Serbia's Balkan Stream Pipeline

Above: Slovakian PM Robert Fico and Hungarian PM Victor Orban held a press conference on January 21, 2025, in Bratislava, discussing the protection of the TurkStream pipeline, the final operational gas link between Russia and the EU. Image credit: Zuzana Gogova/Stringer/Getty Images

The Spin

Real explosives of devastating power were found near the Balkan Stream pipeline days before Hungary's election — this was a genuine threat to millions of people's gas supply. Hungary's foreign minister confirmed someone tried to blow up TurkStream, fitting a clear pattern of attacks on Russian energy infrastructure. Dismissing a foiled pipeline bombing as political theater ignores a documented, physical threat to critical energy security.

The pipeline explosives story reeks of a manufactured crisis — a former Hungarian intelligence official confirmed discussions about a precise false-flag plan targeting the pipeline to swing the election. Multiple journalists and opposition figures were warned weeks in advance that something would "accidentally" happen near the gas pipeline at Easter. Orbán is manufacturing fear to cling to power, plain and simple.

Metaculus Prediction

There is a 45% chance that any political party or coalition will acquire a supermajority in the 2026 Hungarian parliamentary elections, according to the Metaculus prediction community.


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