WSJ: Clinton to Europe: Loosen Russia’s Energy Grip
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called on European nations to become less dependent on Russian energy supplies and impose stronger sanctions on their Eastern neighbor.
“They need to understand they must stand up to [Russian President] Vladimir Putin,” Mrs. Clinton said on CNN in an interview with Fareed Zakaria. “The reluctance has to do with European dependence on energy from Russia.”
Mrs. Clinton said that while she was Secretary of State during the first term of the Obama administration, she told European nations then that they need to diversify their energy supplies. As secretary, she created in 2011 the department’s Bureau of Energy Resources, a roughly 100-person office that seeks to further diplomacy through energy security.