Man arrested over Nord Stream bombing was consultant on film about it starring Sean Penn
Volodymyr Zhuravlev had been consulted on Snake Island, a dramatised reconstruction of incident
TL;DR
- Volodymyr Zhuravlev, a suspect in the Nord Stream pipeline explosions, was arrested in Pula, Croatia.
- Zhuravlev was allegedly working as a consultant on the film 'Snake Island,' a movie about the Nord Stream incident.
- The film is directed by Doug Liman and stars Sean Penn and Adrien Brody.
- He had previously evaded German authorities twice, including an alleged escape from Poland in a diplomatic car.
- Zhuravlev and another suspect, Serhii K, deny involvement in the explosions, and the Ukrainian government has stated it had no connection to the sabotage.
- Zhuravlev's lawyers will attempt to prevent his extradition to Germany, where he faces potential prison time.
- A previous Polish court ruling against extraditing Zhuravlev argued Germany lacked jurisdiction and the sabotage could be viewed as a justified act of war by Ukraine.