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at least I hopefully wont have to look at Germans holding up "open Nordstream 2 now" placards anymore.
Quite the contrary I think, you'll see a lot more of it. From what I am reading they damaged Stream 1, but left Stream 2 intact. This could force Germany to go back on their decision to close Stream 2. Russia would score a win in that regard, and then get around to repairing Stream 1 in due time. The process or repairing isn't that different from building the pipe in the first place, expensive but perfectly doable.
Edit: I am now reading that Stream 2 is damaged too. But with one leak, as opposed to two leaks in Stream 1.
No idea why Nordstream would have been sabotaged.
But at least I hopefully wont have to look at Germans holding up "open Nordstream 2 now" placards anymore.