Europe activates two new pipelines, decreasing reliance on Russian gas ahead of winter crunch: report

The new Greece-Bulgaria pipeline and Baltic Pipe will allow most of Eastern and Northern Europe to move away from Russian gas and remove a key piece of Putin's leverage..

The pipeline should carry around 1 billion cubic meters of Azeri gas from the Greek national system to Bulgaria, with plans to expand that to 3 billion and then 5 billion.  Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news. 

"This pipeline is a game changer. It's a game changer for Bulgaria and for Europe's energy security. And it means freedom. It means freedom from dependency on Russian gas," European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during an inauguration ceremony in Sofia.