Thanks to the actions taken by the United States and the European Union, through sanctions and asset freezes, "Russia's financial margin has been reduced with devastating effects", forcing the Kremlin to choose whether to allocate resources "to the war or its own citizens": thus the US secretary of state
Antony Blinken opening the EU-US energy council in Brussels
, recalling how a Russian oligarch (Oleg Deripaska, aluminum tycoon, ed.) said that "there will be no more money next year" .
"Today we will focus on how we can further reduce European dependence on Russian energy and strengthen Euro-Atlantic clean energy production", added Blinken, recalling that in 2022 the US supplied the EU with "56 billion cubic meters of liquefied natural gas ", or "40% of total European imports with an increase of 140% compared to 2021".
