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Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by christkv on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @03:07PM (#32999701)
Exaggerated threats is standard soviet negotiation and the current leadership of Russia are creatures of that culture of negotiation.

Blowing up their own gas line makes no sense as it destroys any possible leverage. The only ones that have anything to gain is the US or other associated allies.

Re:Gas Leak in the Baltic Sea by migro23 on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @04:52PM (#33000950)
The pipelines represented zero leverage at this point. No gas was being supplied by them and it would be politically untenable for any European country to buy it using these pipelines while Putin is still in charge. So as far as Putin was concerned (not Russia) these pipelines have zero value.