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BLINKEN: “And ultimately, this is also a tremendous opportunity. It's a tremendous opportunity to once and for all remove the dependence on Russian energy and thus to take away from Vladimir Putin the weaponization of energy as a means of advancing his imperial designs. That’s very significant, and that offers tremendous strategic opportunity for the years to come. But meanwhile, we’re determined to do everything we possibly can to make sure that the consequences of all of this are not borne by citizens and our countries or, for that matter, around the world."