with hello and good morning from moscow to wherever you may be catching us from. welcome to the hour s top stories from around the globe. i m here relas about russia has banned the export of crude oil and petroleum products to any country comply with the price cap earlier imposed by the west, which moscow brands as a violation of international law ortiz donald quarter, has more this presidential decree outlined special economic measures being taken in response to the western price cap on russian oil exports that was put into place earlier this month. according to the statement, russia will no longer supply oil to countries going along with this scheme, effective february, 1st of next year, up until july 1st. and since president vladimir putin made this decree, we ve seen the prices of crude oil as well as gas go up across the board in the international energy markets. now, this western cap on russian oil exports was set at $60.00 a barrel. and this was made in a bid to punish