Energy issues are beginning to split the common front of Westerners against Russia.

The United States invited Monday to look "in a different light" at possible international sanctions on Russian oil and gas, recording, while relativizing them, their differences with the Europeans, and especially the Germans, on this subject.

"I would look at this in a different light than past coordinated efforts" on sanctions against Russia after the invasion of Ukraine, said US executive spokeswoman Jen Psaki.

Above all, she insisted heavily, during her daily press conference, on “the very different circumstances” for the Americans and the Europeans in terms of Russian hydrocarbons.

The former do not import much from it, while the latter are, for some countries, very dependent on it.

Biden has yet to make up his mind

Jen Psaki, on the other hand, clarified that Joe Biden had "not made a decision at this stage" concerning unilateral action by the United States itself, at a time when parliamentarians from the Democratic majority and the Republican opposition are preparing a proposed embargo on Russian oil imports.

The White House is very careful not to go against the almost perfect cohesion shown so far by the West in terms of economic sanctions against Moscow.

The issue of Russian hydrocarbons was, according to the American executive, raised during a videoconference on Monday between Joe Biden, Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

The four leaders are "determined to continue to increase the cost" inflicted on Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine, according to a statement released by the White House.

The French press release evokes him “their determination to strengthen the sanctions” against Russia and Belarus, while that of the British promises to “continue to put pressure on Russia”.

“Essential” imports for Germany

Only the press release published by Berlin does not address the question of sanctions at all, insisting above all on the “new possibilities of humanitarian aid for Ukraine” which were also discussed.

On Monday, Olaf Scholz said fossil fuel imports from Russia were “essential” for the “daily life of citizens” in Europe, and assured that the supply of the continent could not be ensured otherwise at this stage. .

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