
Turn down the heat to stop Putin? Europe wrestles with its Russian gas addiction
CNN
When you turn on the heating in your home, you may not think about where your energy comes from, let alone where the money you pay for it goes. For millions of Europeans, there's a good chance that money is flowing to Putin's war chest.
Russia has been building a network of natural gas pipelines throughout Europe since the 1960s. Washington has been warning its Western allies ever since that more Russian gas will only make Europeans more vulnerable to Moscow.

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