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
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
sisi, he has done a fantasticjob and a very difficult situation. also today there will be no armada heading to gibraltar. the british prime minister restores some calm, laughing off the diplomatic row over the rock, which would always be resolved through dialogue. jared kushner arrives in iraq. the president s envoy and son in law is quickly becoming one of the president most trusted lieutenants. i m katty kay in washington, christian fraser is in london. today we start in russia, ten people have been killed in an explosion between two underground stations in st petersburg. president vladimir putin said all causes, especially terrorism, were being investigated. the head of russia s national anti terrorist committee says another explosive device was later found and made safe at ploshchad vosstaniya station. st petersburg metro system sees more than two million passengers travel on the system each day this is the first time it s been targeted. richard galpin has the latest.
Media, including rt, sputnik and others like ruptly, is just a shame for a country that tries to position itself as the major proponent of freedom of speech. yeah, but the point is that in the last couple of days, you ve chosen as a government of course not yourself personally but as a government you ve chosen to label a colleague of mine who works for bbc russian, andrei zakharov, label him as a quote unquote foreign agent. now, we all know our history. that s a term that was in the past used to describe political dissidents by the soviets. why are you doing this? we just rented this term from the us legislation back from 1938 and replicated it in a much mellower, much mellower way. requirements for individuals