Biden's sanctions on Russia don't take aim at the country's massive energy exports, reflecting delicate White House efforts to squeeze Vladimir Putin without spurring even greater global energy price spikes.
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"The West has so far refrained from curtailing Russia's ability to market energy supplies...highlighting elevated concern about a price shock amid an extremely tight inventory situation and limited spare capacity," Barclays analyst Amarpreet Singh said in a note. But U.S. officials emphasized that they're not looking to crimp energy exports from Russia — Europe's largest gas and oil supplier — for now.
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