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Oil prices skyrocket amid Russia's attack on Ukraine

Episode Summary

The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered an immediate jump in oil prices. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains how wartime hostilities and the promised sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the European Union could send them soaring even higher. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains.

Episode Notes

The Russian invasion of Ukraine triggered an immediate jump in oil prices. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains how wartime hostilities and the promised sanctions imposed by the U.S. and the European Union could send them soaring even higher. POLITICO’s Ben Lefebvre explains.

 

Kelsey Tamborrino is a reporter covering clean energy and is the host of the POLITICO Energy podcast. 

Ben Lefebvre is an energy reporter for POLITICO. 

Nirmal Mulaikal is a POLITICO audio host-producer. 

Carlos Prieto is an audio producer for POLITICO. 

Raghu Manavalan is a senior editor for POLITICO audio.

Jenny Ament is the interim executive producer of POLITICO’s audio department.