Is Vladimir Puten Withholding Natural Gas From Europe as a Tool of Economic Pressure?

North stream pipe line that supplies europe with natural gas from russia was shut down for maintenance. They turned it back on last week, and now this week they've throttled it back to just 20 % of its rated capacity. It sounds to me like puten is intentionally trying to show his teeth. He doesn't want to completely shut the gas off because that potentially starts a big gea political escallation. So he's showing them that he can turn the the screws up or down at will. For now, i think he's getting ready to really put the pressure on comfall heating. And youdon't just imagine what puton could do to squeeze the west if he