There are a few things.
One, Russia has already nearly doubled the price it's charging Ukraine for gas, so Ukraine is now facing a crisis as a result of Russia's extortionist efforts.
Two, Russia needs the price of oil to be at about $108 to $110 a barrel. If we are able to increase the supplies of oil to the global community, but particularly to Europe, and drive the price down, that will cause economic problems for Russia. Russia already has economic problems that I identified, so I think it is vulnerable to this.
Moreover, we can help Ukraine reduce its energy dependence on Russia. Ukraine is a tremendously inefficient user of energy. I think it has roughly six to eight times the use of energy that Germany has, even though Germany has twice the population and is much more productive. We can also work with a number of the European countries that you indicated are heavily dependent on Russia to come up with alternatives.
None of these steps will be quick, but they're steps we should have been taking before and we absolutely have to be taking now.
The last point I would mention is that all too often it's cited that Russia has this leverage over the west because of the west's dependence on Russia for energy. If the west reduces its dependence on Russia for energy, that oil and gas that Europe doesn't buy isn't going to be worth anything to Russia. Russia can't simply flip a switch and send all the oil and gas to the east. It takes a lot of investment. China's already getting quite a bit of it from Turkmenistan. China also may have shale gas possibilities, so we have leverage if we choose to exercise it.
As Kurt mentioned earlier, it's a matter of political will, and I think the Europeans in particular, as you identified, sir, are the critical players on this.