is this a sign of how worried russia is, about the possible ban on russian oil, because it is issuing this counter threat, saying that it may close its gas pipeline to germany so it is a sign ofjust how worried russia is about this. i would say there is a certain element of posturing here. yesterday we had a lot of talk about a potential embargo on russian oil by western nations, led by the united states with comments coming from the secretary of state antony blinken. the idea that europe and the us could cut off supplies of russian oil, that would be a very big move, because russia is gaining a lot of its foreign income from exporting gas and oil in particular to europe at the moment, and because it is short of other forms of funding, you could say that is helping to fund the war, but european leaders quickly poured cold water and that