> Thinking that passengers will get taken hostage is a comical understanding of the situation.
Are we talking about the same Russia that is engaged in a genocide against it's neighbour? The one that purposefully destroys civilian infrastructure to cause death and suffering? Kidnaps children? Did multiple false flag operations against it's own civilians? Murders journalists and dissidents, even abroad, in brutal ways, with nerve agents and radioactive materials? That Russia, right? Taking civilians from an airliner hostage wouldn't even get close to the top 10 of their state organised terror acts in the past 2 years...
Please, feel free to refute any points with proof. On top of the tons of video and personal evidence we have confirming them, pretty much all of them have been admitted by Russian officials directly - they have admitted to the kidnapping and resettling of children, the intentional bombing of civilian infrastructure, destroying the dam, etc.
Of course considering the comical levels of evilness Russia has displayed in this war, things could easily slip through because they're believable. I'm not fully convinced on Nordstream either way, but there's undeniable proof for lots of other atrocities (like the dam) which is more than enough.
It's also pretty funny that you're referring to a self-imposed problem by the West as an example for an issue with the non-West.