I'm afraid, you're the one with the faulty short term memory. Let me help you: There was has not been a ban on Russian gas. There has been a very loud pledge to get away from Russian gas in the future. But not a ban.
Russia has been reducing the flow of gas from their end through Nord Stream 1. Russia has cut off gas all together to countries who stopped paying. But those were not big importers to begin with. Germany was still paying. The Russians didn't hold up their and and blamed damaged technology for it.
So, no, there is no twisting of interpretations in the GP's post.
If you want more details of the actual sequence of events I can give it to you, because I have been taking notes. Just for cases like your post.
Russia has been reducing the flow of gas from their end through Nord Stream 1. Russia has cut off gas all together to countries who stopped paying. But those were not big importers to begin with. Germany was still paying. The Russians didn't hold up their and and blamed damaged technology for it.
So, no, there is no twisting of interpretations in the GP's post.
If you want more details of the actual sequence of events I can give it to you, because I have been taking notes. Just for cases like your post.