share of gas storage and gas pipeline networks. throughout europe, i'm joined now by doctor benjamin schmitz, from cambridge, massachusetts. he's a research associate at harvard university and senior fellow for democratic resilience at the center for european policy analysis, and he's a friend of the show. welcome back to the day sir. can i start by getting your take on the 40 percent cut in supply by gas prom? it's blaming. it's on a lack of parts held up by sanctions. does that sound possible? look, it's very convenient. there's been a litany of excuses. the gas from a given over the years for its sudden and unexplained cuts in natural gas supplies to europe. this is the latest in an aggregated energy crisis that spanned all the way back to the middle of last year. in 2021, the chrome, an intentionally limited. natural gas volumes export in european storage is many of which were owned by cremmit controlled gas from itself. this create an u. i. gas scarcity that limited the latitude of foreign policy responses to put an invasion of ukraine and how it began during the height of the european