Russian president Vladimir Putin is weaponizing power, alleges US | World News

Russian President Vladimir Putin is weaponizing power, the White Home has alleged, a day after he threatened to chop off all power exports to the West if the US proceeded with its gasoline cap.

Putin on Wednesday threatened to utterly minimize power provides to the West if it tries to cap costs of Russian exports. He additionally vowed to press on with Moscow's navy motion in Ukraine till it achieves its objectives.

“This reveals that Putin is, once more, weaponizing power, by his very phrases, additionally by his actions. However the President (Joe Biden) and our companions in Europe predicted this playbook. We noticed this coming, and we've got been making ready for months. We've got talked by means of the completely different processes of how this value cap might look,” White Home Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre stated on Wednesday throughout her every day information convention.

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The US and European Union, she stated, have arrange a process drive to work on methods to extend alternate sources of pure gasoline to Europe and assist cut back Europe's demand for Russian power by means of elevated effectivity and clear power deployment.

“That's one thing that we will proceed to do to be useful to Europe as they head into the winter months. However this means of the duty drive already has had a constructive impact as we have seen. Europe's gasoline scarcity might be full by the vital winter heating season. Germany will attain their goal gasoline storage, regardless of the Russian cuts, forward of schedule. And Europe as a complete will attain a considerably increased degree than final yr,” she stated.

“We ready for this. We knew this was going to be a part of the playbook, in Russia weaponizing power as they've been for the previous a number of months, and so we might be ready for this transfer,” stated the press secretary.

Individually in a distinct press briefing, State Division’s Deputy Press Secretary Vedant Patel instructed reporters that the Black Sea Grain Initiative is a humanitarian association to deliver desperately wanted meals to the world's hungry populations.

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“The US didn't supply nor did it present any sanctions reduction in alternate for Russia's participation within the Black Sea Grain Initiative. As a matter of reality, US sanctions have all the time had clear exemptions for meals and fertiliser, and our sanctions have by no means focused humanitarian help,” he clarified.

“We need to see meals and fertiliser attain world markets. And Russia should proceed to stay as much as its commitments by means of the Black Grain Sea Initiative. And a few of these different allegations that we have seen that, one, world meals costs are rising, simply aren't the case. In reality, world meals costs have fallen because of the Black Sea Port association,” he stated.