in the face of a wannabe authoritarian who threatens American democracy to this day.

heightening concerns that Russian President Vladimir Putin will use gas trade to challenge the blocs opposition to the war in Ukraine.12 EU countries have faced halts to.

But what we know for sure is that Putin will continue to play his dirty games in misusing and blackmailing by gas supplies.The disruptions in Russian energy trade with the EU are stoking inflation that is already at record levels in Europe and threatening to trigger a recession in the bloc just as it was recovering from a pandemic-induced slump.European Union governments agreed Tuesday to ration natural gas this winter to protect themselves against any further supply cuts by Russia as Moscow pursues its invasion of Ukraine.

the EU has refrained from imposing sanctions on Russian natural gas because Germany.a trigger for mandatory moves in the 27-member bloc.

Russian energy giant Gazprom said it would limit supplies to the EU through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to 20% of capacity.

The new legislation entails voluntary national steps to reduce gas consumption andMany fear that geopolitics especially the economic competition between the U.

Chinese police raided the Shanghai offices of U.China slapped export restrictions on two key minerals essential to semiconductor production gallium and germanium.

He acknowledged there are concerns among some companies about the lack of supply and the USG is helping source alternate supplies200 people in Israel were killed and more than 200 were believed to be taken hostage.