By Newsbase The Austria government is finally considering trying to cut its reliance on Russian gas. Austrian Energy Minister Leonore Gewessler announced on February 12 that her government would look to end national gas company OMV’s long-term gas supply deal with Gazprom, in a push to free the country from near total reliance on Russian energy. While the EU as a whole has greatly reduced its reliance on Russian gas, primarily because of the Kremlin’s own cuts to supply in 2022, this is not the case for a number of countries in Central Europe. In the case of Austria, the share of its imports t…