u. s. e u lead is continued this summer and hit a major friction point over whether government should not be allowed to intervene in the market to come energy prices, which is soaring for the citizens. i'll just hours after agreeing on that new energy deal with the e. u. u. s. president joe biden travel to poland. he's now in the capital. warsaw after spending time near the border with ukraine. there he met with polish president, j duda, the southeastern city of jazz. you is the where the u. s. military service, alongside polish troops as part of nato biden will hold more talks with student this weekend on the west, military humanitarian and economic response to russia's war on ukraine. and speaking at a briefing with president duda and military officials, biden was clear about what he thinks is the way forward. the single most important thing that we can do in the ausa is keep democracy, united or opposition, or effort to to devastation occurring in a. ready the legal definition, whoa, has yea

u. k. announce new sanctions over on to wealthy russian individuals . trust also praised the cooperation between london and its allies. thus far. we've worked with the u. s. e. u and g 7 to capital funding for pin's war machine, kicking russian banks out to the financial system. we will say shut our ass base to russian planes. and we're fast forwarding sanctions against rationale galks, the british government has faced criticism over already existing sanctions. london had only 9 wealthy russians under sanctions, saying legal complexities slow the government from doing more. in the u. officials have also found that carrying out sanctions can be complicated, even when the yachts themselves are hard to fine. take a look. luxurious yachts are a common sight in hamburg, but these tarps cover a special one. the deal bar worth 800000000 euros is an especially impressive ship as seen in this marketing clip. it belongs to russian oligarch, alisha was man of who has been sanctioned by the you. he's seen as a confidant of russian president vladimir putin was small of says he's been unfairly vilified and will fight the accusations. the german government had carefully plan

u. s. e u and u. k. have all sanctioned russia, but there are no sanctions coming from turkey. now there's pressure on wretched tie up air to want to change that as the head of a nato country. he has to live up to the policies of the western military alliance . but his careful not to alienate his russian counterpart vladimir putin. economically, there's a lot at stake for turkey. it's done, most famous. i us, sophia, one of the cities most important tourist destinations. last year, 4 and a half 1000000 russians visited turkey, more than from any other country. but now with the russian warren ukraine, bringing sanctions against russia, turkish hotel and restaurant owners expect for tourism revenues to drop significantly. the russians keep us alive here in istanbul, and at the again see when they're not coming. we're off worse. it's a fact that fewer russians will come, and that will be tough on turkey, it's economy already in distress. economists are worried the value of the rubel has dropped. so for russians, vacationing abroad will seem expensive because foreign currency deals

u. s. e u and u. k. have all sanctioned russia, but there are no sanctions coming from turkey. now there's pressure on red chip tie up, add a want to change that as the head of a nato country. he has to live up to the policies of the western military alliance . but his careful not to alienate his russian counterpart vladimir putin. economically, there's a lot at stake for turkey. it's done was famous. i a, sophia, one of the cities most important tourist destinations. last year, 4 and a half 1000000 russians visit a turkey more than from any other country. but now with the russian warren ukraine, bringing sanctions against russia. turkish hotel and restaurant owners expect for tours and revenues to drop significantly. the russians keep us alive here in istanbul, and at the again see when they're not coming. we're off worse. it's a fact that fewer russians will come and that will be tough. on turkey, it's economy already in distress. economists are worried that the value of the rubel has dropped. so for russians, vacationing abroad will seem expensive because foreign currency de

u. s. e. u lead is continued the summit and hit a major friction point over whether government should not be allowed to intervene in the market to come energy prices, which is soaring for their citizens. doubly correspondent simon young sent us his assessment of the deal between the e. u and the u. s. well, this is all part of a, a shift away from dependence on russian energy sources. we've seen the german economy minister, robert har back going to the gulf to sign deals with countries there on energy supply. and he's also saying, by the way, that the reliance on russian coal will come down by half in the next few weeks. and he expects a reliance on russian energy of russian. the oil excuse me, from germany at to be virtually ended by the middle of 2024, as he seeing all these kind of positive signals. people say we can do without rushing russian oil and gas when we need to w political correspondent simon young. now ukraine's neighbors that slovakia has been one of the country's most affected by

u. s. e u, u k. and other countries will have to be now paid in the local currency in the rural. and they say this is a legitimate way for the russians because they are facing those a wide range of sanctions. not for those countries. the unfriendly country is that they have to open up a bank accounts in russian bands starting from tomorrow. this is where the new rules rules come into place to be able to see those supplies continuing. otherwise, the contrast will be stopped and is quite interesting to see that the russian president of the demon, putting his adamant about the need to move forward with that retaliatory retaliatory measure. because he understands that europe, in particular are relies on a 40 percent of its new energy needs. come from russia just about a week ago when medina putting order the bank to the central bank to work out those measures. we saw the energy prices, spikes, or something like 30 percent in europe, and this explains why in his beach, he was talking about warning against potential repercussions of is, this is a decision on the international market. a

u. s. u k and e u member states have, well, they've upheld their views of tolerance as virtue. why now are we seeing so much discrimination and hate speech against russians in those western countries? i mean, i mean russia has always been a bad guy on some level, but i mean, we haven't seen this level of bruce a phobia and so love i haven't seen anything like this is the 1990 s campaign, vilifying the serbs in yugoslavia in fact, it's probably just a carbon copy of the same campaign except dealing with russians that you know, much bigger country, much more numerous people are much more influential. lovely. but it seems like the people they're managing, the narratives in the west have basically just copied the entire playbook and using it all over again. and what they're doing is degrees. i don't know, know what the reason i can guess at it. but my best guess is that their sole, their entire order, this whole, our democracy thing that i mentioned before, is based on narratives and did key simply cannot tolerate any discussion, any debate, much less any challenge to these narrati

u. s. the e u and the u. k. have given loans to russian firms who can now no longer service them. it's unclear exactly how much banks have loaned to russian companies, but the experts of putting this number somewhere in the 10s of billions of yours. then there's of course, the potential for sovereign debt. default rushes central bank account access. it's assets abroad on his own course to miss re payments to its creditors. now, russia currently owes nearly $50000000000.00 to lenders in the west. payments are due within the next 2 weeks, one for $100000000.00 in interest. another of over $2000000000.00 among the countries levying sanctions on russia is switzerland. it's an unprecedented step for the financial hub that prides itself on staying neutral. but it's still being urged to take further action to reach is one of the world's most expensive places, and that's a no small part you to russian oligarchs. happy to invest their money. here. rudolph elma, used to be a top banker at the venerable missouri spank yoyo spare. today he is a critic of these financial institutions who came

u. s. the e u and the u. k. have given loans to russian firms who can now no longer service them. it's unclear exactly how much banks have loaned to russian companies, but the experts are putting this number somewhere in the 10s of billions of yours. then there is, of course, the potential for sovereign debt. default rushes central bank can't access. it's assets abroad on his own course to miss re payments to its creditors. now russia currently owes nearly $50000000000.00 to lenders in the west. payments are due within the next 2.

u. k. u. s. and e. u. switzerland has taken the unprecedented step of imposing sanctions against russia. well, the measures have a big impact on oligarchy, former swiss banker and wiki leaks. whistleblower rudolph. elmer says he has serious doubts to re she's one of the world's most expensive places and that's in no small part due to russian oligarchy. happy to invest their money here. rudolph, elma, used to be a tough banker at the venerable. it's very spank you leo spare. today he is a critic of these financial institutions who came to international prominence as a wiki leaks whistleblower in this right. on the lake, while a lot of money is invested in switzerland because banking secrecy protects the oligarchs. we have a strict secrecy law. guy halted because it's the government politicians and the judiciary support this because it is a huge source of income for this with a date for you, then try to stop rushes, brutal war against ukraine has put world wide pressure on switzerland to respond. it's likely one of the reasons why the government here has back the sanctions saying russian o

u. s. and e. u in recent weeks was many fired from their jobs, asked to leave their universities or simply insulted for being russian. we spoke with borgia mulch, a senior writer at r t, who says that western powers only follow their own democratic principles when they see them. well that's the thing if you regard, if you define democracy as the ancient opinions you as to that yes, freedom of speech would be a thing. but unfortunately, over the past several years in the west, what they define is democracy, something called our democracy, which translates in practice, into rule by whoever declares themselves to be democrats. i haven't seen anything like this is the 1990 s campaign, vilifying the serbs in yugoslavia. in fact, it's probably just a carbon copy of the same campaign except dealing with russians that you know, much bigger country, much more numerous people are much more influential. lovely. but it seems like to people they're managing the narratives in the west have basically just copied t

first, both the e u and the u. s. have revoked russians favored nation status is a category set under the world trade organizations. and with that gone, countries can now increase towers in quarters on russian goods. the ear is also trying to block russia from getting i m s and world bank loans. it's blocking investments in the energy sector, and it is also banning iron and steel exports from russia. now, the eastern that is meant to deprive russia of billions and ensure your citizens not subsidizing putin is war. but of course, you citizens are subsidizing russia. they are still sending billions that way for oil and gas, and as we just heard that, that will not end for at least 5 years. under these use, you favorite phase out plans. some of the more superficial measures announced europe has now banned exports of luxury goods to russia, and that is supposed to be a direct blow to the russian elise, although presumably the russian elite already have plenty of european toys. the play with at the moment. i imagine they h

u. s. e u escalate sanctions. taking more steps to end e trade with russia and be kristen's, remain about the safety of ukraine's nuclear power sites. ukraine's regulator says electricity supply to chernobyl has not been restored despite russia's energy manager saying it was reconnected on thursday and the u. s is accused russia using a un security council meeting to spread lies and disinformation, ambassador linda thomas greenfield, said rushes, playing out a potential false flag operation, where it fabricates allegations about biological weapons against ukraine in order to justify retaliation. no matter the company that owns facebook and instagram could soon be banned in russia as an extremist organization. the moves in response to facebook announcing that it's relaxing its rules on colds of violence. that's now a posh an exception. when the target is russian troops in ukraine, what his part of a statement from metas global affairs president nick plague, our policies are focused on protecting people's rights to

u. s. e u ugh escalated sanctions, taking more steps to end all trade with russia. the questions remain about the safety of ukraine's nuclear power sites. ukraine's regulator says electricity supply, which a novel has not been restored despite russia's energy ministry, saying it was reconnected on thursday. russian president, my putin has back plans to allow foreign volunteer fighters into eastern ukraine. criminal says it's already received more than 16000 applications from people in middle eastern countries. bennett smith reports from moscow from a middle east battlefield to european one. syrian soldiers are being asked to join rushes fight in ukraine. we sacrifice our blood and soul for you, syria for you. bashar is that call to arms on the banners. it read the great russian army. we will defeat the nazis. this is from the social media channel of russia's defense ministry. and russia's president says, welcome to come to don bus. that's in eastern ukraine way, russian buck separatists from done yet. can ganske a fighting government forces in response to reports of foreign fighters joining ukraine's army? the russian government says it too is had requests from all over the world to join the battle regarding the gathering of soldiers from around the world for you. green, received them divest, and sponsors of the ukrainian regime. do not keep it secret, they do it openly. disregarding international law, so if you see people who want was interior li without payment to come and help people in dumbass. well, we need to meet their efforts and help them reach the combat zone on the talks of ukraine. the most recent were on thursday in turkey. putin says he's negotiators. tell him, there are certain positive shifts tonight because he was talking to baller russian present. alexander lucas shanker, who is in moscow. lucre shank has given russia troops an access to its territory to help the invasion of ukraine. its board, bella roost, a similar level of functions and russia faced with countries. and we have been overcoming the sanctions for as long as you like. we have to build back our economy . we can do without them. we have everything to live and work normally. but life in russia is not normal at the moment of the further threatened crack down on social media like this. you place book says it's relaxing. it's hate speed rules in relation to russia's invasion. all ukraine to prosecute is here. want parent company meta declared, an extremist organisation, and facebook and instagram to be blocked. criminal cases have also been opened into matters staff, though none a based here as the company has long resisted demands to open an office. in russia . bernard smith, al jazeera, moscow thrush has been accused of using a un security council meeting to spread lies and disinformation about biological weapons, and ukraine. western ambassadors claim rushes fabricating the threat to justify its war. but russia says, anyone who doubts as evidence is deluding themselves from the un, is michaela? it was a 4th security council session held on ukraine since russia launched its invasion. but the 1st one called by russia itself. moscow claiming that ukraine supported by the u. s. is developing biological weapons and the russian ambassador attempting to preempt the de miles he said he was expecting we renewed him with irks in letters of the clinic of doris. i can foresee what the reaction will be from our western colleagues who i'm sure are going to be saying now that all of this information is fake and russian propaganda. but this is self delusion. un was direct in its assessment of the allegation. i am a way of media reports regarding allegations of biological weapons programs. the united nations is not aware of any biological weapons programs. the reaction of several members was incredulous. i will say this once. ukraine does not have a biological weapons program. there are no ukrainian biological weapons laboratories supported by the united states. absolutely, everything we have been hearing from russia regarding decreed has been false fabricated or distorted. the british ambassador describe the russian claims as baseless conspiracy theories. let me put

u. s. e u nato policy. and thank god for that, margaret a no or dimension of your article. ah, that i found fascinating. i happen to be reading a biography of churchill. ah, and you know, on my nightstand picked up your article and read it and said, well this is a church chilion perspective. and i remember that churchill was doubted in his time that in the united states, those that were thinking about the need of american engagement before, you know, during world war 2 was doubted by saying that we have a, you know, both of you had said there's been a strong bipartisan leadership response, largely supportive of each other, but that doesn't really encapsulate the whole picture that we have a number of americans that don't care about ukraine that don't see benefits to being engaged in the world. how seriously do you take that? and if someone who worked for republican ministration, several republican administration, what do you think needs to happen among republicans? if anything, to reinforce the notion that being engaged in these issues like ukraine today, really matter to t

u. s. e u nato policy. and thank god for that, margaret a no or dimension of your article. ah, that i found fascinating. i happen to be reading a biography of churchill. ah, and you know, on my nightstand picked up your article and read and said, well this is a church chilion perspective. and i remember that churchill was doubted in his time that in the united states, those that were thinking about the need of american engagement before, you know, during world war 2 was doubted by saying that we have a, you know, both of you had said there's been a strong bipartisan leadership response, largely supportive of each other, but that doesn't really encapsulate the whole picture that we have a number of americans that don't care about ukraine that don't see benefits to being engaged in the world. how seriously do you take that? and if someone who worked for republican ministration, several republican administration, what do you think needs to happen among republicans? if anything, to reinforce the notion that being engaged in these issues like ukraine today, really matter to the future of this country? well, i think one is to remember that it's a historical to suggest that we're not engaged with ukraine. so in the u. s. s r fell. it was 1990. at that time ukraine had the 3rd, the world's 3rd largest nuclear arsenal. they had 1200 nuclear warheads. the united states was heavily engaged diplomatically and at the highest levels in convincing ukraine to return those warheads to russia so that they could be discarded. and at the time we gave them security system assistance about a $175000000.00. and so my view is that it's one thing to formalistic li, say, ukraine is not in nato. there isn't that piece of paper, but in some ways there's a little bit of a common law marriage between us. and that's not just a west bailey, in comment about democracies. it's a common about our role in condensing ukraine to give up those nuclear warheads. our role in giving them security assistance at the time our role in accepting ukrainian truths and the afghanistan war. so these are people we've never seen at the party before. and so my own view and, and i appreciate that the, the comparison to churchill, i, i have to c

u. s. whatsoever. again, we don't know the definite market direction, uncertainties everywhere. the last 2 days have been incredible, right? came sweeney and new york. thanks so much. you're welcome. now, sir, the e u countries are more reluctant to cut off from russian energy imports. russell's on tuesday laid out its plans for reduced to drastically reduced russian energy use by year end and given up entirely by 2030. the getting there won't be easy. russia is now openly threatening to cut off gas supplies to europe completely. this would lead to enormous bottlenecks for the entire e. you gas is primarily used to heat homes in ovens in production processes in power plants to produce electricity. a sudden supply stop would push up energy prices dramatically. prices for oil and gas have already risen steeply. consumers are feeling the pressure at the petro pumps and on their gas bills. before the russian attack, a megawatt hour of gas cost, $69.00 euro's already more expensive than consumers were used to. since then, in just 2 weeks, the price of the e ex energy exchange has rocked to a record high of 335 euros, and the outlook is uncertain. no one knows whether russia will make good on its threat

u. s. and e u split over plans to ditch russian energy present invited announces of ban on russian oil pole is gas import for what consumers except even higher energy prices will go to new york for analysis. meanwhile, brussel, without a more cautious strategy to wear the block of russian energy by 2030. but who will bear the cost of energy independence will get the view from the company you think gas flowing through ukraine's pipeline. i'm chelsea delaney and or land welcome to the show. us president joe biden has announced a ban on importing russian oil and retaliation for the invasion of ukraine. by the move comes as the united states is already struggling with rising fuel prices and inflation. us imports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band will like we push oil prices even higher. but the price of brent crude reaching a 14 year high this week. now for more on this, let's bring in, james sweeney, our financial correspondent in new york. james, how big of a blow is that to russia, to lose the us as a customer for the oil and gas? this is a big blow to russia by losing the us as an energy can customer an engine consumer . the u. s. is the global leader in oil consumption and this administration, the, by an administration agree to buy a ton of with, you know, mix it up a bit and get everything from opec. and the russians were enjoying the funds, allocating it, whichever way they felt fit. and now that money's gone, that's hundreds of millions of dollars. no more and that's definitely got to staying. and if you're wondering how do you know it's things rush already issued a warning last week that taking such an action would end up with $300.00 a barrel for the, for oil in the near future. just to talk. and speculation alone led the way for russia to kind of issue that warning. speaking of singing, obviously this is going to help consumers very hard in the us now. well, when it comes to the american public, uh, they're not too pleased right now. right now in a mobiles gas station outside beverly hills fuel, that's $725.00 a gallon. and the national average price per gallon is at its highest ever in u. s. history

u. s. and e u as well. sitting oil prices lower. however many international leaders voice their skepticism, the moscow would follow through on its promises and that's it for me. and the dw business team here. berlin, check us out online e w dot com slash business launch. aah! from ukraine. fertilizer, russia. it's a global problem. both ensure security in many countries around the world. but the war is stopping that for now. are famines now in? what are the solutions? 3000 next on d, w. many german pipelines and gas reserves are controlled by russian company gas. the corporation has so far operated freely within the german market. perhaps for too long. who is behind this opaque, to multinational which gas flows through which pipe and does the company even pay taxes here made in germany? in 60 minutes on d w. ah. please listen carefully. don't know how those simple things you miss to their goal. ah, feel the magic discover the world around you. subscribe to d w documentary on youtube. ah, ah, welcome to global 3000 and insecure futur

u. s. and e u split over plans to ditch russian energy present invited announces of ban on russian oil poll. is gas import for will consumers accept even higher energy prices will go to new york for analysis? meanwhile, brussel without a more cautious strategy to wear the block of russian energy by 2030. but who will bear the cost of energy independence will get the view from the company, keeping gas flowing through ukraine's pipeline. i'm chelsea, delaney and berlin welcome to the show. you, as president joe biden has announced a ban on importing brushing oil and retaliation for the invasion of ukraine. biden's move comes as the united states is already struggling with rising fuel prices and inflation. the us imports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band will likely push oil prices even higher. but the price of brent crude reaching a 14 year high this week now for more unless let's bring in, james sweeney, our financial correspondent and new york. james, how big of a blow is

u. k. announce new sanctions over on to wealthy russian individuals . trust also praise the cooperation between london and its allies. thus far. we've worked with the u. s. e u n. g 7 to capital funding for pete in small machine kicking russian banks out to the financial system. we will say shot our ass space to russian planes and with fast forwarding sanctions against russian oligarchs. that the british government has faced criticism over already existing sanctions. london had only 9 wealthy russians under sanctions, saying legal complexity, slow the government from doing more. in the u. officials have also found that carrying out sanctions can be complicated, even when the yachts themselves aren't hard to fine. take a look. luxurious yachts are a common sight in hamburg, but these tarps cover a special one. the dill bar worth 800000000 euros, is an especially impressive ship as seen in this marketing clip. it belongs to russian oligarch, alisha was man of who has been sanctioned by the you. he's seen as the confidant of russian president vladimir putin was small of says he's been unfairly vilified and will fight the accusations. the german government had c

u. s. e u n g 7 to capital funding for peach in small machine kicking russian banks out to the financial system. we will say shut our s space to russian planes. and we're fast forwarding sanctions against russian oligarchs or the british government has actually faced criticism over already existing sanctions. london has had only 9 wealthy russians with penalties saying legal complexities have slowed the government down from doing more. now in the e. u. officials have also found that carrying out sanctions on russians can be difficult. one case in particular focused on seizing yachts and german ports, take a look. luxurious yachts are a common sight in hamburg, but these tarps cover a special one. the dill bar worth 800000000 euros is an especially impressive ship as seen in this marketing clip. it belongs to russian. all the gog alisha was small of who has been sanctioned by the you. he's seen as the confidant of russian president vladimir putin was, man of says he's been unfairly vilified and will fight the accusations. the german government had carefully planned the seizure directs ticks to if we have only received the exact wording of these sanctions less than 48 hours ago. we are now focused on finding ways to execute the sanctions living chief uncertain. the goal of the youth sanctions is to limit the oligarchs economic power. since a yard is hardly part of a business and doesn't help it earn money, it was initially unclear wh

u. s. is cut off russian oil and gas imports. the u. k . will phase it out by the end of the year while the e. u aims to become independent from russian russian energy, while before 2030 below russian flights have been banned from the u. s. u. k. and european aerospace, the u. k is also banned the private jets chartered by russians and western countries of frozen the assets of russia. central bank cut in the country all from $630000000000.00 in foreign currency reserves. some russian banks have been removed from the international financial messaging system. swift and hundreds of members of russia's government then business leaders, known as oligarchs, have been independently sanctioned or diplomatic editor. james base has more from brussels. e, u foreign ministers meeting earlier this week. in the 4 weeks since the invasion, they've already agreed for packages of sanctions, which was some of the toughest ever imposed, as well as a fund of over a $1000000000.00 to buy weapons for ukraine. i asked the used top foreign affairs official about further measures when the leaders meet here soon. do you

u. s. and e u of trying to provoke russian troops into attacking major population center. a 4th round of talks between ukrainian or russian negotiators as wrapped up and negotiations are expected to resume on tuesday. ukraine says it's seeking peace and the ceasefire. ponens big cities are struggling to accommodate the number of refugees escaping the war and ukraine. a mass of warsaw and crack off say the city services are overwhelmed and they need more support from the e. u. and the un to stay with us or not. is there a witness is up next? i've now oh, coverage of africa is what i'm most proud of. every time i travel bay, whether it's east or west africa, people stop me and tell me how much they appreciate coverage. and our focus is not just on their suffering, but also on the more publicity and inspiring story. people trust algebra to tell them what's happening in their community in a clear and unbiased. and as an african, i couldn't be more proud to be part of it. ah . just have that. have that it will seen him that something is going to transpire. and it didn't get told him to release officers. every lawyer i feel towards the whole, it's something like i stood and watched them as they sat my corner. absolutely nothing. inigo was found. however, when out please my be released and go hi. i'm just home. you probably just like a moment they are, i mean, hancock is quite been in but at the same time it was a it was an open offer me at the same time, to kno

u. k. little less than 10 percent. and the u. s. just 8 percent, which is why europe, who feel the effect of the bad, far more acutely than the u. s. the e. u also plans to cut its dependency on russian gas by 2 thirds this year. that's 26 percent of its supply. this will end our over dependency and give us much needed room to maneuver 2 thirds by the end of this year. todd. bloody odd. but it's possible if we're willing to go further and faster than we've done before. but experts say this decision will mean difficult compromises heading that are going to be very challenging. if they do that, are they going to be aware of the consequences? they'll have to be additional use of nuclear, which is supposed to be phased out in certain countries. a lot more coal use, which won't help climate goals, that there was even a point and said, turn your thermostat down one degree and that has a major impact on potential gas use. the payoff of this eventual band european consumers will no longer be inadvertently funding the warn you crate is e oil purchases alone put $285000000.00 a day in russian pockets and the move towards kena green energy will be

u. s. the u. k. japan and e u. member states. germany is quoted, a breach of contract is the russian president justified to move them no more than western countries have taken illegitimate. decisions on the so called freezing of russian, i think we might get this collective west is actually drawn a line under the reliability of its currency so that you've already spoken about this across the trust in these currency to hear it or to get more on this i've been speaking to macau critique in his found and the leading analyst at ris energy. moscow, he was speaking to us from the law in capital rieger, and the signal wasn't great. but what he has to say is very interesting. so his, his take on what president putin is actually thinking well, basically i believe it's just about, yeah, it's sort of some sort of a rhetoric addressed to domestic audience. there are some presidents, one still solemn pay $3.00 or 2 in just declarations. and you said that the sales for foreign currency is her book, or have this group disgraced t

u. s. and e u split over plans to ditch russian energy present invited announces of ban on russian. oil poll is gas imports, but consumers except even higher energy prices will go to new york for analysis. meanwhile, brussels without a more cautious strategy to wear the block of russian energy by 2030. but who will bear the cost of energy independence will get the view from the company, keeping gas flowing through ukraine's pipeline. i'm chelsea delaney in berlin. welcome to the show. you, as president joe biden has announced a ban on importing russian oil and retaliation for the invasion of ukraine. biden's move comes as the united states is already struggling with rising fuel prices and inflation. the us imports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the band will likely push oil prices even higher. but the price of brent crude reaching a 14 year high this week now for more unless let's bring in, james sweeney, our financial correspondent and new york. james, how big of a blow is that to russia, to lose the us as a customer for its oil and gas? this is a big blow to r

u. s. and e u will be deeply affected by their sanctions against russia because they are highly dependent on gas applies. 10 who really will suffer are the europeans. they will be devastated if oil continues to rise and they're the ones who are on the line. and they're the ones who are paying the price for this increasingly crazy and dreadful war. the u. s. will make up the difference, but they will pocket a huge profit from the, the incredibly high prices of the europeans. we, for the day, no country is more gasoline dependent than the us. americans consume roughly twice as much as gasoline per capita as other capital countries. and the reason for that is the government has never for a single 2nd, been serious about taking various measures to restrain energy demand. so americans pay very low prices for gasoline and they drive like mad as a consequence. but the result of this is they will certainly be paying more for that privilege and also will be paying more to heat their homes for electricity, etc. the, the economic blow will be quite considerable. the americans are highly dependent on gasoline. they get very, very angry. when prices go up and the person they punish is the president. for the use of foreign policy chief says the block cannot follow america's lead and ban russian energy imports. but the european commission has annou

u. s. and e. u, of trying to provoke it into attacking major population centers. dosa jabari has more from russia's capital, the kremlin spokesperson dmitri past cobb. i during his daily briefing and said that according to the russian defense ministry, they were instructed at the beginning of this so called special military operation in ukraine. not to go in to the large, heavily populated at cities. and that is that the requests of course, of the russian president vladimir putin. and he said that this kind of rhetoric and these accusations coming from western leaders a, is that you're provocative because they are trying to force russia into a larger cities where they will be certainly as civilian casualties and to blame russia for those casualties. and that is something that, of course, he says, the russian president has asked the defense minister to avoid at all costs. it was also not worthy that he said that for the 1st time we're hearing this of what is the possible plan for these russian forces

e. u. u. s. corporation, including data products, protection and privacy. in a world faced with disorder, our trans atlantic unity upholds fundamental values and rules that our citizens believe in. let me focus 1st on refugees until now around 3 and a half 1000000 people have left ukraine, half of them children every 2nd refugee is a child. and the numbers will keep rising. so together we are mobilizing massive resources to support those displaced by the conflict, be it in ukraine or in the neighboring countries. just this week, for example, announced that the european union will allocate an extra 3400000000 euros for this purpose, and more will come. this demonstrates our deep support for ukraine ended citizens. and i want to tell the american people how grateful europe is for their unwavering support. this support also extends to strengthening europe's energy security and independence from russian fossil fuels. as you know, we aim to reduce this dependency on russian fossil fuels and to get rid of it. and this can only be achieved through of course, 1st o

u. s. and the e u. r. escalating sanctions including a band from the u. s. this week on russian oil and natural gas imports. and yet s the 1000000000 casualties. and ukraine continue to arrive. many are thing that the sanctions actually aren't even enough. where do you stand on that? i do think that sanctions are not enough in the sense that behavior has not changed when you put in the dublin down on the war. and initially the sanctions where a deterrent then their instrument to change behavior. and now the situation is changing and the sense that put in says, i will not stop, i will bomb the ukrainian cities. i will try to capture keith and change the government in ukraine even though occasionally says no, it's not my goal. but, but overall, overall, right now, the sanctions are to increase cost for russian economy for mr. podium and make sure he doesn't have enough financial resources to continue the war. now mister jim has to france, he has unhappy rations and call her he's by the sanctions who would like to protest against the war because the war is actu