In the case of the Siberian gas pipeline project, Moscow was well aware of the inordinate West European dependency on Soviet natural gas supplies -- ultimately projected to exceed 60% of total European gas consumption -- which would have resulted from the successful completion of both strands of the twin 3, 600-mile pipelines connected to the West European gas grid.
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