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A worker at a Ukrainian gas station Volovets in western Ukraine Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2015. Europe's natural gas woes are far from over in Jan. 2022. Prices are high. Underground reserves that are relied on in cold weather are low. Russia's state-owned Gazprom isn't selling as much spot gas as it used to. The pipeline operators have told the European Union's executive commission that if there's a cold winter, the continent's gas companies will need to import more than they have in the past. (AP Photo/Pavlo Palamarchuk) **FILE**

Biden administration moves to cover European gas shortfalls if Russia invades Ukraine

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

This March 19, 2019, file photo shows the view of the construction site of the receiving station of the Baltic Sea pipeline "Nord Stream 2" near Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Lubmin. The 1,200-kilometer-long gas pipeline will transport around 55 billion cubic meters of Russian natural gas from Russia to Germany every year. The first Russian natural gas is expected to flow through the Nord Stream 2 Baltic Sea pipeline at the end of the year. So far, a third of the cables have been laid. Work in Germany is concentrated on the landing site near Lubmin. (Photo by: Stefan Sauer/picture-alliance/dpa/AP Images)

Russia German Nord Stream 2 pipeline to open despite U.S. pressure

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

German Chancellor Angela Merkel's meeting this month with Russian President Vladimir Putin — their second since May — should not be construed as bowing to Moscow's will, despite a determination by both sides to continue with the energy project, analysts say. (Associated Press/File)

Angela Merkel, Vladimir Putin’s Nord Stream pipeline tightens complex ties

By Austin Davis - Special to The Washington Times