It's not "clearly" against Russian interests given that Russia was already withholding supply with a myriad of various transparent excuses at the time, and usin

It's not "clearly" against Russian interests given that Russia was already withholding supply with a myriad of various transparent excuses at the time, and using their German-based but Russian-owned companies to prevent Germany from stockpiling natural gas (they owned the storage), which ultimately resulted in Germany nationalizing those companies.