The European Union will receive at least 15 billion cubic metres of liquefied natural gas (LNG) from the United States this year in an effort to wean itself off Russian gas imports, US President Joe Biden said on Friday. Speaking alongside European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in Brussels, Biden said that the bloc would increase imports of US LNG to 50 billion cubic metres per year in the longer term. Biden said the US welcomed the EU’s commitment “to rapidly reduce its dependence on Russian gas – today, we’ve agreed on a joint game plan toward that goal, while accelerating our pr…