President Vladimir V. Putin threatened to cut off remaining gas supplies to Europe as the Iran war drives a surge in energy costs.
Russia has a question for the European countries that have shunned its energy exports: Do you miss us now?
The Kremlin is enjoying a sudden resurgence of its importance as a global supplier of oil and gas, as the conflict in Iran disrupts energy production and shipment across the Middle East and sends global energy prices soaring.
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Mr. Putin spoke with bravado about European nations’ longstanding plans to phase out imports of Russian gas in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, threatening to accelerate the divorce himself as prices spike on the continent.
“Now other markets are opening up, and perhaps it’s more advantageous for us to stop supplying the European market right now,” Mr. Putin said on Wednesday to a state television reporter, Pavel Zarubin, who chronicles the Russian leader.
Also the article is about a reaction by Russia directed at Europe. And Putin speculating that he might sell to other markets that are opening up.
This has zero to do with USA, and USA is not depending on any form of energy from Russia.
So yes for now USA is mostly “immune” apart from global prices going up.
we do, though? fossil fuel prices soaring is real and something fossil fuels from Russia could fix EDIT: i replied before you edited and i now see that your edit addresses this, nevermind
i agree with your point that most of the west had nothing to do with starting the Iran bombings though
Yes sorry, I tend to do that. 😋
And why side with Putin who is just as bad, why gloat over an economic victory to the war criminal Putin over Europe, that had nothing to do with starting either war?