US Says Europe Needs Diversity from Russian Energy Supplies

Europe needs to diversify its energy supplies to cut its dependency on Russia, U.S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry said Tuesday. Perry, on a visit to Hungary, said that Russia needs to be prevented from using "energy as a coercive weapon," like when it sometimes temporarily cuts winter gas supplies affecting mostly eastern Europe. Perry also said the United States has "the perfect right" to maintain sanctions on Russia related to its annexation of the Crimean peninsula...

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