“Russia at the same time is rather effective in diverting the European sales and it makes Euros frustrated as hell, except they don’t have any viable options.”
The Minsk 3 plan, of course, is never going to be agreed to by Russia. That ship sailed months ago once Russia understood that this wasn’t about Ukraine; but a carefully designed NATO (read: U.S.) plan to defeat Russia. But, the fact that Macron and Scholz have been trying so desperately to make it happen is a clear indication of just how badly they want the sanctions to end and how eager they are to reconnect with their energy supplier...:-)
The “biggest sanctions program in history” has failed and is now fizzling out.
The “intelligence community” probably said them that the exodus of Pepsi and IKEA is going to produce a revolution and they are going to get control over the energy assets for free. Once it failed to work they had no plan B.
If I were Russia I wouldn’t let them out of their own trap that quick. Euroidiots need to learn who is the boss the hard way to prevent future mischief.