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Now on bbc news, hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk. im stephen sackur. russia and ukraine have powerful ties of geography, history and energy. and when it comes to the geopolitics of the current crisis, energy is a key factor. ukraine has long profited from being the middleman for russian gas exports into europe. moscow is in the business of changing that reality. my guest today is yuriy vitrenko, ceo of ukraines biggest energy company, naftogaz. as kyiv and moscow face—off, where does the economi...

Remains open. 0k, sarah, thank you, sarah smith there at the white - sarah smith there at the white house. one immediate knock—on effect of the tensions over ukraine is the rising cost of energy, which has seen the price of petrol reach record highs across the uk. the motoring organisation, the aa, says the cost of petrol increased to 148 pence per litre over the weekend. if the situation in ukraine deteriorates, oil and gas supplies from russia to europe may be interrupted, pushing up wholesa...

Chambers on largely partisan lines about sanctions, i think will be quickly dealt with. that will seal the debate in short order. >> yilts its still one of the major pieces of leverage the biden administration has. what is the risk by not sanctions russia before a possible invasion? >> i dont know if theres so much of a risk there. i think closer we get to this. we see that leverage isnt what perhaps we thought was. it does not seem to deter vladimir putin at all even though joe biden has been v...

Than joe biden. >> harris: everyone has been. >> joe: a red tsunami is what we are looking up because joe biden is in the 30s. when the president said hes going to response within decisively furnish a dozen vague, i dont think that vladimir putin is doing concerned because that does notn any military response. since day one, he no longer wanted to be energy independent. now russia is the one with leverage because they were the one with the big pipeline and we are not with keystone shelved. this ...

>> there still nordstrom one there still liquefied natural gas shipments and by the way energy prices are much higher in europe right now than they traditionally are. it does have an impact on individuals pocketbooks and upon their economy. weve already seen a kind of hint of that leverage. it could obviously increase should the russians decide to further exploit you. >> strongly encouraging me and what we heard us talk about this a moment ago encouraging americans in ukraine to leave as soon as...

And security of the os ce space, it must fulfill to transparency to de-escalate and enhance security for all. now come in that phone call that president biden had with president zelinski, he invited him to help in the de-escalation move toward we have not heard anything official from the white house, carley, tardy. >> todd: all right alexandria alexandria, lets bring in family law who served in moscow and fox news contributor, do you expect impatient this week? >> well, you know, i think we can ...

A long time. but the steps, and actually laid out in the treaty itself. >> so what is the benefit to putin? on one hand he knows this isnt happen anything-time soon. is it just he thinks hes got maximum leverage to -- is it really more about make sure this doesnt happen in a decade? >> well, look, its not possible to say whats in it for him. when he several weeks ago laid out publicly a set of demands to include that ukraine would never become a member of nato, he certainly knew at that time tha...

Pipeline that carries that natural gas from western russia to northern germany, he sees that as leverage. he said if troops and tanks cross the border, they will shut it down and severe economic consequences. >> absolutely. >> sandra: do you take him at his word? >> i do believe he understands what kind of a large stick the nord stream 2 pipeline has. its been a problem years in the making. lets not forget, this is not just germany that could have put a stop to the european continent being depen...

Just there is not the incentive, as you pointed out. you have to be very intentional about this. intentionality isnt just putting out a statement saying, we have this rooney rule, so go ahead and interview them. intentionality says, no, were going to set metrics. were going to make sure that at the end of each one of these interviews or at the end of each season were going to assess this, and that the owners themselves will self-assess and be intentional. thats just not happening. >> its easy to...

Klobuchar. she is advancing legislation that would try to give local news more leverage against big tech. i talked with her about that and her love of local media. watch. >> senator klobuchar, thank you for coming on the program. >> thanks, brian. >> lets start at the very beginning, lets start with your birth, your parents. your father was a well-known newspaper man and i know he passed away last year. how much of his life and his career has affected your views of local news? >> well, for me gr...