The Americans just sabotaged the Nord Stream I and II pipelines. Apparently someone in Germany seriously considered bringing the Russian gas back and the Americans just couldn’t allow such a thing. The Americans probably decided that the current government in Germany will not last for long and hardware solutions are more reliable than the political ones.

Europe is permanently fucked now, if anyone had any doubts about that.

But now that the precedent had been set, I would expect the Russians to return the favour.