It won’t ‘cut off’ Russian gas imports, just create a new source. IIRC, Russia currently supplies around 90% of Europe’s natural gas. Europe needs another source for obvious reasons. A new supply will lessen dependency and reduce Russian supplier revenues.
It’s more like 30% than 90%
Geography is destiny and whether the west likes it or not, Russia is attached to Europe and the U.S. is not
But they’re also attached to China
And if you look at the grand scheme for the New Silk Road project, and the strategic implications for Russia and China to converge their interests in the geographic pivot of the world, here is a vast scenario for Europe to be scrambling for a piece of that action