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Jonas Gahr Støre: Easing Europe off Russian energy

Zeinab Badawi speaks to Norway’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre. Can Norway help ease Europe off its addiction to Russian energy supplies?

Europe's dependence on Russian energy sits uneasily with Putin’s war in Ukraine. Moscow is financing its invasion through revenues from such exports. One EU leader has said Russian oil and gas is being bought with the blood of the Ukrainian people. Zeinab Badawi speaks to Norway’s Prime Minister, Jonas Gahr Støre. Norway is one of the world’s biggest oil and gas exporters. What can it do to help ease Europe off its addiction to Russian energy supplies, and can this be done quickly enough to starve the Kremlin war machine of funds and save the lives of innocent Ukrainians?

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