Putin providing ‘masterclass’ on risks of foreign energy dependence

Vladimir Putin is providing a “masterclass” in the economic risks of being heavily dependent on international energy markets, a former chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee has warned. During a House of Lords debate earlier this week on the government’s legislation to create a new financing mechanism for nuclear power, which took place before the Russian president ordered the invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, Baroness Neville-Jones called for the UK to have greater energy self-reliance.

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