Check and mate
For whom?
Someone may need to tell this guy: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/germany-calls-russia-s-bluff-in-gas-dispute-it-looks-to-have-worked/ar-AAVFtKE?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=e03d0105cff4422eb58bc7bf536b76a9