It doesn’t, or shouldn’t.
That nat gas dependency should be ended as soon as possible.
It was really stupid to sign on to a utility service from Russia.
“It was really stupid to sign on to a utility service from Russia.”
Nothing wrong with signing a contract with a nation who wants to conduct business. But when you do, it’s stupid to move against them in a systematic and offensive way.
There would be no problem at all had Germany and NATO not engaged in a decade of chest bumping, NATO expansion, and then financial and energy sanctions against Russia. Swift, Nordstream 2, confiscating their gold and currency reserves. Denying Russian citizens scheduled cancer treatment.
Now Germany is paying the price for that, not for innocently doing business where both sides mutually benefit.