“Need to raise the gas price by x10”
That would of course, result in similar escalatory counter measures. The population would demand blood. And it would likely ensure that Europe would not be a customer for Russian exports for a generation.
Of course not. Do you know that the contracted price for the Russian gas in Germany is 5-10 times less than the market price? What is the point of continuing this charity?
What blood are you talking about? Europe forfeited tons of obligations before the Russians. Why should they play nice?