You are completely misunderstanding what I'm saying. Either on purpose or because your bias doesn't allow for you to actually contemplate that you might be wrong.Except that all Putin needs do is close the valve. He doesn’t need to blow it up. It costs too must too build and now repair.
He knows much of the world doesn’t give a shit about him or Russia thanks to USG propaganda. So, you thinking he’s going to get sympathy or support from other nations for blowing his pipeline is foolish.
First, he already shut down the valve. Yet blowing it up still tanked gas prices. This is not a hypothesis. European gas prices jumped 17 percent after the explosions despite there being actually no flowing gas in them at the time. I explained in my post why.
Second. Nothing in my post even SUGGESTS that Putin wants sympathy. That is entirely something you concocted. My claim is that he wanted to create fear, not sympathy.
Third I already answered why the repair cost are irrelevant to Putin.
I thank you for replying Gipper and if you want to give a rebuttal to my premise I welcome it. But I would suggest you read carefully what I actually posted before doing so.