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  What are you talking about? It was over way before that, practically and in the publics opinion.
context: Germany on Wednesday shrugged off Russia’s ban on oil sales to countries and companies that comply with a price cap agreed by Western allies, saying it has “no practical significance.”
  “I would not like to say that it’s irrelevant but it has no practical significance,” said an economy ministry spokeswoman, adding that Germany has been preparing since early summer to do without Russian oil. >
  
  Germany: you destroyed any reliance left when you blew up those pipes >
  
  Pretty much,
  on that day the general opinion in Germany about Russian energy went from "It's difficult" to "It's over"