LONDON - In the early 1980s, the Reagan administration warned its West European allies about their growing dependence on Russian gas. The Europeans paid no heed. They had found the Soviet Union to be a reliable supplier of gas over the previous decade, and they all - Margaret Thatcher included - refused to comply with a United States demand to stop their companies from selling technology with American origins to build new pipelines to bring more gas to Western Europe from Siberia.
Ukraine's Energy Challenge
New York Times: Europe strives to overcome its reliance on Russian gas
The liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal \"Independence\" is docked in the port of Klaipeda on October 27, 2014.
