mona lisa with cream cake, a man is held after attempting to deface the world famous portrait in the louvre museum in paris. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. by the end of the year, the eu will be blocking 90% of its oil imports from russia. that is the message coming from the eu member states as they imposed further sanctions against vladimir putin s government over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports straight away at a summit in brussels, where hungary heavily dependent on russian oil resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant for reasons of climate as well as dealing with moscow. it isa it is a big step forward, what we did today, because indeed we now have gotten rid of cole and this was already very difficult. now we have basically the political agreement, how to phase out oil in a clear timeframe and we
portrait in the louvre museum in paris. by the end of the year, the eu will be blocking 90% of its oil imports from russia. that is the message coming from the eu member states as they imposed further sanctions against vladimir putin s government over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports straight away at a summit in brussels, where hungary heavily dependent on russian oil resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant for reasons of climate as well as dealing with moscow. it isa it is a big step forward what we did today because indeed we have now gotten rid of cole and this was already very difficult. now we have basically the political agreement, how to phase out oil in a clear timeframe, and we started tonight and we will report tomorrow to discuss the big energy package that the commission tabled which is the basis to be able, over time, t
and stonehenge is lit with pictures of queen elizabeth for herjubilee, we look at the image of britishness that she projects around the world. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. by the end of the year, the eu will be blocking 90% of its oil imports from russia. that is the message coming from the eu member states as they imposed further sanctions against vladimir putin s government over its invasion of ukraine. the bloc agreed to ban more than two thirds of russian oil imports straight away at a summit in brussels, where hungary, heavily dependent on russian oil, resisted a full oil embargo. european commission president, ursula von der leyen said the agreement was very significant for reasons of climate as well as dealing with moscow. it isa it is a big step forward what we did today because indeed we now have got rid of coal and this was already very difficult. now we have basically the political agreement, how to face out oil in a clear timefram
that it makes perfect sense for us to provide because putin s aggression against ukraine is also a sign of an aggressive foreign policy that is going to come for nato allies if putin succeeds in ukraine. can i ask you then what do you think russia will make of that biden decision? because there seems to be a clearer approach towards the donbas region at the moment from russian forces. you ve used the word incremental two or three times there, perhaps that will be a fair word to use in terms of their approach to dealing with the donbas. do you think they will feel they are getting it right this time? yes, the united states and nato and the eu are far more powerful than russia in every aspect with the exception of nuclear weapons where the us and russia are peer powers. putin s bet is that western leadership is weak, western leadership can be
of an aggressive foreign policy that is going to come for nato allies if putin succeeds in ukraine. can i ask you then what do you think russia will make of that biden decision? because there seems to be a clearer approach towards the donbas region at the moment from russian forces. you ve used the word incremental two or three times there, perhaps that will be a fair word to use in terms of their approach to dealing with the donbas. do you think they will feel they are getting it right this time? yes, the united states and nato and the eu are far more powerful than russia in every aspect with the exception of nuclear weapons where the us and russia are peer powers. putin s bet is that western leadership is weak, western leadership can be bluffed and biden s statement that came a day or two after russia threatened us and threatened