They need to determine the price now regardless of the sanctions they impose because still Russia is in control now and when they don't want to follow Russia then indeed the Gas deal may not happen and indirectly this could slowly kill them because of the weather .
The only thing that is getting killed is English in your post, plus logic is also near the deathbed.
I often wondered how negative your IQ has to be to think that without gas the whole of Europe will freeze to death when Europe still gets 60% of the gas from outside Russia and it can of course import a lot more LNG during spring when demand is lower in Asia?
In other news:
"Does this mean that if there is no confirmation in roubles, then gas supplies will be cut off from April 1? No, it doesn't, and it doesn't follow from the decree," Peskov told reporters.
He said it would affect payments from the second half of April, and Gazprom would work with its customers to implement the new rules.
Peskov said that Russia could at some point abandon the rouble order if conditions changed, but "in the current conditions, roubles are the most preferable and reliable option for us".
I have a feeling the best conditions to have that changed is for Ukraine's army to each Moscow by end of April, not that it would be impossible.
The Americans should mind their own business. First and foremost, the EU countries should do what they preach. On one hand they are asking India to refrain from purchasing the discounted crude and gas from Russia and on the other hand they are continuing to accumulate these commodities from the same source.
Maybe we Europeans should do the same to India as Russia does to Ukraine?
Of course with far better success chances, how many it took last time, 2 ships and 5 donkeys?
After reading a little bit more it seems that Putin is somehow softening his position and it seems this is going to be a gradual change and not something as abrupt as it seemed at first
He finally realized how empty his threats are, nobody is scared anymore about the Russian army, and his allies are quitting him one after other, even Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan, he finally start to understand that the emperor is naked. And weak. And poor! And stupid!