now on bbc news, it is hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. i am stephen sakur. economies across the industrialised world are feeling the strain of soaring fossil fuel energy costs. but the bad news for energy consumers represents a potential bonanza for the biggest producers. step forward gas rich russia. ideally placed to exert growing influence in your apartment energy market. my your apartment energy market. my guess is sergei ryabkov, russia s deputy minister of foreign affairs. given moscow scope of an increasingly tense relations with the west, will energy deepen the mistrust? minister sergei ryabkov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. minister, we must start with the soaring cost of fossil fuel energy, particularly natural gas. russia possesses vast quantities of natural gas. plus 40% of the natural gas going into europe. there is the concern in europe about the leverage that gives moscow. are you prepared right now to alleviate those concerns? very muc
well, my guest is sergei ryabkov, russia s deputy minister of foreign affairs. given moscow s increasingly tense relations with the west, will energy deepen the mistrust? minister sergei ryabkov in moscow, welcome to hardtalk. thank you for having me. minister, we must start with the soaring cost of fossil fuel energy, particularly natural gas. russia possesses vast quantities of natural gas. it supplies 40% of the natural gas going into europe. there s deep concern in europe about the leverage that gives moscow. are you prepared right now to alleviate those concerns? very much so. in fact, this is exactly what we have done in recent days and weeks, including with direct and personal involvement of president putin, who spoke very forcefully in favour of doing maximum on the part of russia to stabilise this market. we are the most secure, reliable and forward looking supplier of natural energy to europe. we have always been such a supplier and we will continuously work to this
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trump publicly admitting for r the first time he wanted his vp to overturn the 2020 presidential election. we ll bracheak down all the new provocations by the former president. covid cases are declining, america are urging the biden administration offering clear guidelines and how to lift restrictions and move away from the pandemic. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world, i am wolf blitzer, you are in the situation room. this cnn s breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news, escalating tension rieght now between russa and the united states, we are covering all the angles at this hour. our clarissa ward is in eastern ukraine, our nic roberston is in moscow for us. let s go to our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins. i understand you have new developments we are learning about right now. reporter: the united states has just received the written response from russia in the response with the united states and al
and in my third school, 12 rooms. so you can see it s quite considerable. but it s notjust schools, the department of health said 2a hospital sites like hitchin brook hospital in huntington had weak concrete, known as raac. other public buildings are also affected, like harrow crown court, which could be shut for nine months. labour is calling for an urgent audit of all public buildings. it doesn t always need an expensive inspection, but an audit. ..some of it would be a desk audit, if you like, done on paper. some of it would then require further inspection, further audits by structural engineers and others. so we do need to know the scale of the problem. this is the aerated concrete used in buildings in the 1960s, 70s and 80s that is causing so much concern. we don t really know the scale of the problem. there is no central record, although individual government departments are being required to keep a log, that s not public information. so we know about that risk in sch