EXACTLY! I was blown away that the media would seriously talk about why the Russians would have blown up their own pipeline. Talk about some pretzel logic.

I was watching a Russian vlogger who visits shopping malls in Russia. He showed how rebooks were on sale again, and most other "sanctioned" brands. The sanctions on military tech are real, the rest of the stuff, just PR.

All that said, I don't believe the U.S. blew up the pipeline unilaterally. I'm sure the British, for starters, were frothing at the bit.