Brussels is exploring legal options that would allow European companies to break long-term Russian gas contracts without paying hefty penalties to Moscow.
The European Commission has been studying the contracts and the possibility of declaring force majeure, which would allow importers to exit their obligations without paying additional fees, according to three officials with knowledge of the plan.
“If the whole idea is not paying Russia, then [paying compensation] would undermine the whole purpose,” one EU official said.
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