“We have repeatedly said that the movement of our armed forces on our own territory should be of no concern to anyone. Russia poses no threat to anyone.”
> Russia dismisses the accusations, claiming they are not going to invade Ukraine.
What's your point? That the Russian gov't is capable of lying, therefore they blew up the pipelines? What if I said that the US lied about weapons of mass destruction, therefore the US must have blown up the pipelines? It seems like a non-sequitur. State governments can deceive, especially about their plans for war.
That said, I'm not supporting Russia in this war, nor Ukraine. So I'm not going to participate any further in this other debate about the war that you appear to want to have.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Russia%E2%80%93Georgia_en...
You keep using strong words like "utter stupidity" and "insane" without being aware of recent Russian history...