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The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Reuters
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A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline in Portovaya Bay, 170 kilometres north-west of St Petersburg in Russia. AP Photo
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A turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline at the Siemens Energy plant in western Germany. AFP
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The logo of Russia's energy giant Gazprom is pictured at one of its petrol stations in Sofia, Bulgaria. AFP
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Facilities to receive and distribute natural gas are pictured on the grounds of gas transport and pipeline network operator Cascade in Lubmin, north-eastern Germany, close to the border with Poland. AFP
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Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline in Lubmin. Reuters
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The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Reuters
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A Russian construction worker speaks on a mobile phone during a ceremony marking the construction of the Nord Stream pipeline in Portovaya Bay, 170 kilometres north-west of St Petersburg in Russia. AP Photo
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A turbine of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline at the Siemens Energy plant in western Germany. AFP
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The logo of Russia's energy giant Gazprom is pictured at one of its petrol stations in Sofia, Bulgaria. AFP
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Facilities to receive and distribute natural gas are pictured on the grounds of gas transport and pipeline network operator Cascade in Lubmin, north-eastern Germany, close to the border with Poland. AFP
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Pipes at the landfall facilities of the 'Nord Stream 1' gas pipeline in Lubmin. Reuters
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The Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline in Lubmin, Germany. Reuters
Europe looks for alternatives as Russia shuts down gas supplies
More US exports of liquefied natural gas are expected to flow to the continent amid fallout from Ukraine crisis
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