For (effectively) state-owned companies, politics trumps economics 101. Removing sanctions will cause a marginal drop in natural gas price for a few weeks, but

For (effectively) state-owned companies, politics trumps economics 101. Removing sanctions will cause a marginal drop in natural gas price for a few weeks, but no more. At this point, the European natural gas market is sufficiently skewed by state involvement that "economics 101" is marginally more useful than astrology. Geopolitics 101 is what you should turn to for answers.