The European Union is prepared to grant its member states the right to cease importing gas from Russia and Belarus, allowing them to avoid compensating Moscow for contracts, according to the Financial Times. Under the proposed plan by Brussels, any EU member state will have the ability to block Russian and Belarusian companies from accessing capacities in their gas pipelines and liquefied natural gas terminals. EU member states would be allowed to “partially or, where justified, completely limit” access to infrastructure to gas operators from Russia and Belarus “where necessary to protect thei…