Putin can also be understood,I think he just wants to protect his country.
Protect from what? From being able to trade and have normal relationships with the rest of the world? After selling "his country" out to oligarchs, he now sentenced the next 2-3 generations of Russian people to even more misery.
Dont forget that russian shares such gazprom is owned by ?? Wall street big chunk of shares its public info anyways
And russia is now on disscount ws buying it