I don't see how this is committing suicide. Given a choice, would you rather be in Kyviv with full gas, or in Berlin with only half the gas? I'm quite sure the Germans will work it out.
Perhaps this is what is needed to really ween off Russian energy?
1. Europe has insufficient natural resources (gas, oil, metals, wood etc.) and, at much higher costs of exploitation and transportation.
2. Europe has been living on Russian gas exports for decades (see a map of the pipelines) - there are very few other (non-Russian pipelines), so the only options would be to obtain gas from the North Sea (very expensive and only accessible to the countries in the vicinity), liquified gas from the USA (transported by boat, probably far more expensive and LIMITED, SLOW DELIVERY), Caspian gas (from the Caspian Sea) through Turkey (but the EU is also stepping on Turkey's neck, sabotaging them, so I see this even less likely than Russian gas)
3. if Europe stops the flow of natural resources from Russia, this leads to: slow industrial production, more expensive products (can't compete on international markets), inflation, more expensive electricity/heating in homes and for industries (and if that's more expensive, EVERYTHING will be more expensive)
Europe is committing suicide. Germany has very low-IQ politics nowadays, sub-par politicians, who are ideologically-biased and take irrational decisions.
If Germany collapses, it will drag the entire EU and Eurozone with it.
Already, Europe has been strongly affected by the Russian-crisis this winter. Prices on gas and electricity have soared. Some countries imposed limits (there are maximum price limits), but this cannot last too long, because the EU is against it, "the market has to be free", but in that case people will have to pay 5-10x more.
The only good thing regarding this is that winter is ending and gradually spring will require lower gas consumptions (at least, for heating). But industrial demand will still be there and gas will become more expensive.
