Gas Company CAVED, Pays $5M Ransom To Restart Gas Pipeline, Biden Blames RUSSIANS As Gas prices Rise. The FBI Advises against paying ransom but it is done and will get worse. Joe Biden made the announcement that it was Russian hackers who did it but said the russian government was not involved, Putin denied involvement. Democrats may have won power in the last election but clearly are not capable of dealing with these major crises Gas shortages, inflation, migrant crisis, middle eastern conflict and a president seemingly to befuddled to deal with it