partly out of fear of getting cut of from Russian gas This is less of a factor nowadays after the US lifted its self-imposed ban on LNG exports: https://www.c

partly out of fear of getting cut of from Russian gas This is less of a factor nowadays after the US lifted its self-imposed ban on LNG exports: https://www.ceep.be/lifting-us-oil-export-ban-lng/ https://www.ceep.be/lifting-us-oil-export-ban-lng/ They're still dependent, but so is Russia on those profits. Right after the sanctions started they tried to sell this gas to China, but didn't get a good deal on that.