Gasprom is just 1 of the 5 holders
russians are on a hiding to nothing, helps them play the victim card when they escalate.
They will not be rejoining the global society for a long time and their leaders know it.
Maybe getting ready to go out with a big bang and blame everyone else.
Then again with all the maintenance issues they were claiming on the pipeline in the last few months, maybe it is just a lemon.
But you would have to believe russia to believe that.
