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Directly alternative suppliers of gas will benefit, because reopening the pipelines is not an option anymore.

Indirectly anyone who is interested in causing mistrust among western countries.

>Indirectly anyone who is interested in causing mistrust among western countries.

My gut tells me this is the most likely answer. It would be a very Russian thing to do.

Yes, it causes mistrust. But the benefit is not big enough. Russia needs insecurity on the one hand, and a possibility to give some kind of security. By blowing up the pipes the limit the movement of the German government.

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