Here s white house spokespersonjen psaki. this is the type of step, the type of almost weaponising energy supplies that we had predicted that russia could take in this conflict. that is why we ve been in touch with europe, with these countries, including over the last 2a hours, with leaders in poland and bulgaria. and we have been working, for some time now, for months, with partners around the world to diversify natural gas supply to europe, in anticipation of and to also to address near term needs and replace volumes that would otherwise have come from russia. i spoke to gregory daco, chief economist at ernst & young parthenon, and asked him if russia turning off supplies to two countries will lead to wider global ripples for energy supplies. yes, i think in today s environment, any type of disruption to natural gas flows to europe or even oilflows to europe will have effects on global markets. we know the global commodities
Steve rosenberg, bbc news, st petersburg. the us accused moscow of using its natural gas supplies as a weapon. here s white house spokespersonjen psaki. this is the type of step, the type of almost weaponising energy supplies that we had predicted that russia could take in this conflict. that is why we ve been in touch with europe, with these countries, including over the last 2a hours, with leaders in poland and bulgaria. and we have been working, for some time now, for months, with partners around the world to diversify natural gas supply to europe, in anticipation of and to also to address near term needs and replace volumes that would otherwise have come from russia. gregory daco is the chief economist at ernst & young parthenon and joins us now from new york. thank you very much for being with us. russia has the world s largest natural gas reserves. at the moment it s just turning off the tap to these two countries but is this going to
The us accused moscow of using its natural gas supplies as a weapon. here s white house spokespersonjen psaki. this is the type of step, the type of almost weaponising energy supplies that we had predicted that russia could take in this conflict. that is why we ve been in touch with europe, with these countries, including over the last 2a hours, with leaders in poland and bulgaria. and we have been working, for some time now, for months, with partners around the world to diversify natural gas supply to europe, in anticipation of and to also to address near term needs and replace volumes that would otherwise have come from russia. i spoke to gregory daco, chief economist at ernst & young parthenon, and asked him if russia cutting supplies to two countries could lead to wider global ripples for energy supplies. i think in today s environment, any type of disruption to natural gas flows to europe or even oilflows to europe will
That they re choosing between their populations and the rest of the world. they simply don t accept that that is the choice. here are borisjohnson and joe biden at the g7 injune. there s no point in us just vaccinating the uk. we need to vaccinate the world. and from the beginning of my presidency, we ve been clear eyed that we need to attack this virus globally as well. wel, the us is planning its booster programme, and here s white house spokespersonjen psaki saying the idea that americans are being are being prioritised over everyone else is false. we feel that it s a false choice. and that we can do both. we announced yesterday that we hit an important milestone of over- 110 million vaccines donated to the world. that is more than any other country has shared combined. and if that s the biden administration, even the head