well, as we mentioned, cutting dependence on russian energy will be a major priority for u.s. and european officials meeting this week in brussels. the white house says there's been an intense back and forth on how to accomplish that. the threat of new sanctions on russia has sent oil prices higher of late and on wednesday brent crude jumped 5% after russia said a major oil pipeline could be out of service for more than a month due to storm damage. two more major companies are cutting ties with russia in protest over the war in ukraine. swiss multi-national nestle says it's stopping sales of nesnesqu and renaud. despite the growing business pullouts, the moscow stock