It’s more than a little troubling. Interesting to wonder who did it.
e.g. Poland, USA, Ukraine, to stop any temptation of EU countries making concessions to turn back to Russian gas this winter?
e.g. Literally any country with a grudge against Russia or any powerful person with a grudge against Putin?
e.g. Putin, to avoid any risk of a successor offering ‘peace & gas’ in exchange for support overthrowing Putin? (seems less likely)
e.g. A middle eastern country? e.g. to raise gas/LNG prices even higher while having others more likely to take the blame?
Any other ideas?