EU governments did not dare to impose gas sanctions (not even now!) and it was Putin who miscalculated and "sanctioned himself." Happily, as many economists had argued, the damage to Russia was much larger than to Europe-- we had alternatives, he did not.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/russias-economy-is-starting-to-come-undone-431a2878

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