decision, welcome to the brave new world, where europeans are going to be paying much higher prices for their gas. so a threat already coming on account of that first implication of russia's recognition of those separatist areas. >> yeah. you might even call it energy extortion. nina, nic brought it up there, germany halting certification of the nord stream 2 pipeline. this has enormous economic implications for europe, also geopolitical implications as well. and it has been discussed for some time, germany was not willing to pull the trigger, they are now. what is the significance? >> finally under intense international pressure here, jim. this also is significant because it comes at a time when europe is contiending with an energy crisis where energy prices are higher, the supplies coming from russia, the largest supplier to this region have been dwindling for some time, all part of that plethora of different levers