If you think it was anyone other than the Russians, you really need a better model of reality. The thing to realize is Nordstream was already dead. Nordstream 2

If you think it was anyone other than the Russians, you really need a better model of reality. The thing to realize is Nordstream was already dead. Nordstream 2 never came online and Nordstream 1 was never again going to pump gas. Whether it was blown up or simply idle does not matter - no gas ever again either way. Russia's invasion has caused a permanent shift away from buying stuff from them. The first few years may be tough, but eventually LNG terminals will be built, heat pumps will be installed, EVs will be built and Russian gas will not play a role in Europe's economy again. So why do this? Because there are many other pipelines that Europe actually needs and is dependent on, mostly coming from Norway and Denmark: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeroen-Stolwijk/publication/275828182/figure/fig1/AS:294589563981825@1447247033603/Gas-pipeline-network-in-Europe-2.png https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jeroen-Stolwijk/publica... Blowing those up would actually cause a big problem for Europe and now they've been put on notice that it can happen.