STEVE INSKEEP, Host: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, Host: Many European countries depend on oil from Russia. On its way out of Russia, much of that oil flows through what's called the Friendship Pipeline that cuts across Belarus. Three days ago, Russia has turned off the spigot.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, Host: European leaders had criticized the cutoff, though they admitted having emergency stockpiles to last about four months.
A diplomatic riff between Russia and neighboring Belarus is affecting Western Europe's oil supply. Russia has shut down the pipeline that runs through Belarus to Poland.