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If people are not integrated -- >> what kind of power, if any, do russian oligarchs have? i think that is the question tonight, because you know, do they have an ability to leverage, or any leverage, to get him to change his actions, or does putin have all of the leverage? people are really wondering whether or not these people that are outside of russia, or at least they have leverage over him, to say you have to stop this? >> of course, as i said, especially the government official, but also t...

Russian oil. marco rubio says americans dependence on russian oil is giving vladimir putin the upper harden on the u.s. >> this flowing that banning russian oil would raise prices on american consumers is an admission that he has leverage over us. why would we have someone like him to have the to raise gas prices on americans? >> he said after cutting off russian oil. americans could be paying $5 a gallon pretty quickly as crude oil continues to skyrocket. kevin: that is the word. skyrocket. we ...

Take hostages. in other words, he has over the years, on more than one occasion, his government has arrested americans or westerns on trumped up charges and used it as leverage against his rivals or against the west. to the extent youre an american in russia right now i think youre taking a risk, you dont know what might happen to you. i lived there four years with my wife and even back then it was a much different, much-less repressive moment in russian society you felt at any time, you know, y...

American energy. >> harris: i saw what you did there. you tied in where you are exactly in this moment with what we can do about oil. it also sends that message to putin is they are willing to suffer in order for something to change. does that make that country, meaning america, look a little more unpredictable, which thats what we need in this instance. we have a president who forecasts everything he is not going to do and do. we dont have the leverage of surprise. you mention russian oil and i...

Before he can still back what they are doing and look, you arn your own neighborhood. that is fine im of the dont look to us. we are not going to do anything else. >> jessica: and how to accept that? friendship at this point when you are losing this battle he and autocrats sitting alone in a room? means, what are you going to give me and not just publicly say -- >> judge jeanine: what leverage does he have question marks be to none, but the alliance will not last. >> martha: we have to leave it ...

What is going to come of that. if there was any time to exert leverage, it would be the idea that they could be getting that energy supply from elsewhere. and were talking also about spot contracts as well. that means for sydney, australia, for example f they decided to put a priority on getting lng to european markets who are in the middle of a gas crisis, and have been since last year when prices were up over 400%, you might see a shift in chinas thinking. >> wow. hadley gamble, you know what,...

>> war broke out, he was saying russia holds to what they promised us as far as what they want to do about the climate, this is what john kerry, the green czar is thinking as bombs are fall og civilians in ukraine. take the wins where you can get them? i suppose, there seems to be such sentiment, make ourselves energy independent, this could send a message to the world that we are the ones that have leverage right now, sir. >> todd: it has to happen, we appreciate your insight. thank you. hundre...

They steam seem stable and then they all of a sudden collapse. i dont know if we will have a warning with regime change if it happens in russia and it may happen in a matter of a couple of days but i think the key is how much it hurts the oligarchs and thats where the west has significant leverage to make their lives less international. >> extremely interesting insights. thanks for joining us. we will talk to you again sood. still ahead, we are live with cnbc for an early look at the markets f...

And four, we would roll in batteries, trash trucks, with anti-missile batteries on them into ukraine. the ukrainians could drive these trucks. this is how we set up the iron dome system initially in israel and that would give the ukrainians a lot more leverage to shoot down the russian planes. >> all right. so ian bremer, that is an interesting concept. the iron dome situation in israel. we have stinger missiles and javelins going into ukraine. at what point does vladimir putin say that is an ac...

Invests do much in this relationship with vladimir putin. is he, do you think, willing to use any of his influence to try to get putin to back off? >> so far we havent seen any of it yet, which is unfortunate because youre right, short of us militarily intervening directly in order to help ukraine, a step that no one is willing to take, the only real leverage that exists other than long-term sanctions and a long-term strategy, is to convince xi jinping to put serious pressure on russia. i was he...