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EXPLAINER: Can Europe live without Russian natural gas?

FILE - The Scholven coal fired power station, owned by uniper, steams in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Monday, Jan. 10, 2022. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File) FILE - Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a joint press conference with President of Turkmenistan Serdar Berdimuhamedow following their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Friday, June 10, 2022. (Yuri Kochetkov/Pool Photo via AP, File) FILE - Pipes of the gas storage plant Reckrod are pictured near Eiterfeld, central Germany, Thursday, July 14, 2022, after the Nord Stream 1 pipeline was shut down due to maintenance. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File) Imports of natural gas into Europe come from both pipelines and liquefied natural gas (LNG). A major gas pipeline also shut down for scheduled maintenance last week, and there are fears that flows through Nord Stream 1 between Russia and Germany will not restart.