{
  "id": 14612910,
  "title": "Trial defence says Russia used Nord Stream pipelines as 'weapon'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/14/trial-defence-says-russia-used-nord-stream-pipelines-as-weapon-14612910",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-14T12:29:36.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Local Germany",
    "slug": "the-local-germany-thelocal",
    "url": "https://www.thelocal.de/20261014/trial-defence-says-russia-used-nord-stream-pipelines-as-weapon"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A lawyer for a Ukrainian accused of blowing up the Nord Stream pipelines said Wednesday that Russia used them as a \"weapon\" to exert political and economic pressure, as the former military officer's trial opened in Germany.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}