A great deal of Russian natural gas flows through Ukrainian pipelines, to the EU, for a fee.
Through the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, Russia can increase capacity, while cutting out the Ukrainian "middle man".
Opponents decry the CO2 emissions of natural gas and the EU's crippling dependence on Russian natural gas.
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