Norway-Poland gas pipeline opens in key move to cut dependency on Russia – could be at full capacity a month early due to good progress on work in Denmark

This is almost certainly meant for internal matters in Russia.

By limiting the options on the table, this shifts blame to The West predictably, while also giving whatever Russian grouping that's behind this a push in the direction they feel they need domestically.

This is certainly not good news for anyone involved in any case, much like the "temporary" closures due to "maintenance" previously have also been a domestic-driven concern in the information war.