The 65-mile border that separates Lithuania and Poland has become NATO's biggest nightmare, and a potential Russian lifeline.
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Nikolai Patrushev, a Vladimir Putin ally, told Kommersant the U.S. and the U.K. attacked the Nord Stream pipelines and were planning more.