I'm pretty sure the Germans, who are always looking for an excuse to appease Russia, know how much gas they have in their tanks, moreso than a desperate Putinist who wants millions of people in Europe to freeze so Putin can rape Ukraine freely.
“I’m pretty sure the Germans, who are always looking for an excuse to appease Russia, know how much gas they have in their tanks”
Given their record on securing LNG (they’ve managed to get just ONE SINGLE TANKER from UAE, and that’s it)...I’d start having some doubts about my government if I lived there.