“We are working closely with (European partners) to ensure that this does not lead to a sharp jump in energy prices,” she said, quoted by RIA Novosti.
So the official commented on the approaches of Washington and European countries to the introduction of new restrictions on the Russian energy sector and energy resources supplied by Russia to the West.
Earlier, the president of the US Oil and Gas Association, Tim Stewart, announced the worst energy crisis in the country in half a century.
Annual inflation in the country in May accelerated to 8.6%, the highest since December 1981.
Biden accused Russian leader Vladimir Putin of rising fuel prices and rising food prices.
As Putin himself noted, the sanctions and the West's long-term mistakes in the economy caused a wave of global inflation.