CNN Early Start With Christine Romans and Laura Jarrett March 25, 2022 09:12:00
Deal that we're hearing about. this is about getting supplies -- natural gas supplies to europe to wean europe off of that supply to russia. again, this is the -- this is how russia funds its military, by selling gas to europe. >> yeah. russia is essentially a petro state and much of its profits come from europe. this has been an intensive back and forth in the u.s. and the e.u. in the leadup to the talks this week even before the talks had been scheduled. it was a contention point as the u.s. nudged europe to reduce the russian depend sentences dense si. europe relied on the united states to ...