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It is an initiative to bypass Central Europe and in the future to create the possibility for Russia to blackmail Central European countries.

Since 1996 Poland has been getting the vast majority of its gas from Gazprom.

Poland’s ambitions go beyond reducing reliance on Russian energy.

The US has looked at boosting its LNG exports for years. since drilling advances vastly expanded its domestic supplies.

Poland'.s state-run PGNiG. which has indicated it would book most of the pipeline'.s capacity. said it would place bids in the next six weeks.

Nord Stream 2 project presumes the construction of two gas pipelines with a combined annual capacity of 55 billion cubic meters of gas.

Germany'.s Uniper. Austria'.s OMV and France'.s Engie are working with Gazprom on the plan.

The US is expected to become the world'.s third-largest exporter of LNG next year.

The Baltic Pipe. which is set to stretch 230 km. will transport gas to Poland from Norway via Denmark.

The Kremlin-controlled group has been under investigation by the EU over cartel breaches since 2011.