Putin had already turned off Nord Stream 1 and could have done the same to number 2, so go to the effort of sabotaging them and risking so much heat on the world stage when he could just flick a switch?
You're preaching to the choir here, @Aryan but unfortunately many of the others here are mushrooms (fed bullshit and kept in the dark). Could Russia have ruptured their own high priced gas lines? Possibly, if they want to confront the West and kill billions of people immediately and through progressing after-effects.... which is not the Russian mindset. It's the modern West's.
If it comes to that and our leaders start banging the war drum and trying to enlist people to fight for globohomo, they'll be in for a backlash the likes of which they've never seen
Actually @Aryan I also wonder why it has become so important for the West to uphold this 'globohomo' agenda you've mentioned. Nary are traditionsl family or community values mentioned anymore. Depictions of normal straight couples seem to be discouraged to placate 1%-2% of the loony binge population.