If the west want to deal with Russia they need to cut them off completely. Stop buying all gas from them and that completely cripples them. It also cripples the countries reliant on their gas, so they will never do this. What plans have western Europe been making for becoming less reliant on arussian gas? Fuck all - another pipeline from Russia Ffs.
The problem is we are so intertwined and our own governments are so corrupt and have been happy to take / rurn a blind eye to laundering Russian money in their countries.
A complete clusterfuck
