I very much hope that vulnerable governments would act now in August (or even better have already acted) to lay in an emergency supply to last two weeks to a month. Maybe even more if they could afford it.
In a very real way it can be regarded as national security because IMO you are right that Russia terrorized their customers to ensure their obedience.
Think Russia and Iran together as energy dictators and you begin to see the larger picture. Russia is helping Iran so it can dominate its Mid East neighbors, order them around on oil output and who they sell to and at what price