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Instrument. people if they are not motivated -- so to say, they act accordingly. >> so what kind of power, if any, do russian all the guards have? i think that is the question tonight because do they have an ability to leverage, or any leverage, to get him to change his actions? or does putin have all the leverage? people are really wondering whether or not these people that are in outside of russia or at least they kleptocrats have leverage over him to say you have to stop this. >> of course, a...

Segment, the place we could have leverage choosing not to have it meanwhile russia using every leverage they possibly can including an innocent american citizen who happened to be in the wrong country at the wrong time. >> we should say could talk about this, she spent thing there several years, nba players make a lot of money playing in the off-season. >> you are reading my mind. many female professional basketball players here in the united states they actually have to play year-round. they pl...

Putin speaks the language of leverage. right now he has all of it. this administration is backwards on energy, its backwards on sanctions, it was backwards in afghanistan, and we are going nowhere fast because we have no leverage. >> backwards on love energy like lets close down keystone, but last night jen psaki comes out with a statement that in principle the principle down like the president has agreed to a summit with boudin, it was a curious development and vladimir putin comes up this morn...

Putin orders something that broad today or tomorrow or next week. but he does maintain the capability to do so and, as recently as last night, the u.s. was still observing preparations for broader military intervention. things like loading amphibious ships and loading aircraft for russian airborne forces. that may be part of the function, right? just to maintain that military leverage around the country as it is now exercising in the eastern part of the country. but ill tell you, does the threat...

Moscow is in the business of changing that reality. my guest today is yuriy vitrenko, ceo of ukraines biggest energy company, naftogaz. as kyiv and moscow face—off, where does the economic leverage lie? yuriy vitrenko, welcome to hardtalk. hello. what is it like trying to run one of ukraines biggest, most important businesses in this current climate of crisis?

Troops end of the sanctions were put in place when years ago, the russians would be feeling the pinch severely today. your thoughts on that sir? >> i think sanctions are one thing, but those again, russia has been patient and preparing for the sanctions since 2014 crimea building alternate systems and redundancies. they also have the oil that holds europe in the palm of their hand. what we should have been doing is applying more of the antitank and anti-helicopter missiles bestowed, the stingers...

Think the job for american policy is to try to squeeze them, to force them to take a stand on this and use their leverage with russia to get putin to back off this dangerous course he is on. >> we are certainly seeing these sanctions squeeze putin. news that the ruble is down 30%. weve also applied these export controls which stops countries from sending things in my computer chips. china is supplying 70%. my question is can russias solely depend, can they survive long enough with just the suppo...

West. remember, hes given up nothing. all hes done is dialled up the tension. or is he headed to war? right now thats the question im quite sure that president biden is asking the intelligence community to plan on. what are putins intentions, that is the number 1 requirement for any russia watcher. >> charles: earlier in the vehicle, it felled like russia was taking a victory lap. there were indications that they were going to pull back. this is where they started to move the troops. that someho...

Sort of settlement that we get. lets see what kind of terms putin wins as a result of the leverage that he owns and what he would like to call his sphere of influence. >> martha: so mark, how does putin calculate this? does he move forward and try to get everything he can or does he push forward with an actual invasion? >> i think we need to be firm with him. i dont think he has as much leverage as he thinks he does. if he were to invade, would be extremely costly. even if he were able to march ...

Tag tphaoeuz them. thats why, part of how it became such a friendly and peaceful atmosphere and everybody brought out their barbecues and theyre cooking and feeding everybody. these are guys who live so much of their life on the road alone. and this thirst for interaction with people and to engage and meet their friends from across the country has been some of our biggest leverage. its allowed so many of them to establish new friendships. its really a beautiful thing. >> hannity: just keep it up...