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For the losses on the russian side, like financial, economy losses. every time a new or fresh wave of sanctions is proposed, their responses would be it was expected. so is there like an assessment of the losses as a result of all the sanctions that have been imposed, and also another question on e.u., president zelenskyy asked to join e.u. and e.u. leaders or i think or representatives are meeting today in brussels. does the white house support ukraine in the e.u.? >> the last question thats re...

Sanctions targeted its central bank. and that essentially means that around half of the russia foreign reserves are frozen. around $350 billion. that is why russia says it can only repay creditors in ruble. the local currency and lost around half of the value against the dollar this year. that doesnt just make the ruble less attractive for investors. using it to repay this debt would be considered a default and heres why. moscow is due to pay $117 million in interest payments on dollar denominat...

Plummet and send the economy into a spiral. we hope the press briefing will give us a bit more than that. >> john: if history is any guide, probably not more than the readout. well see. jacqui heinrich, thank you. sandra. >> sandra: well bring in bjorn lomborg, visiting fellow at the hoover institute. bjorn, you are talking about sensible alternatives to russian oil and gas. you are saying not just needed but required, different than one might think. not the progressive push to wind and solar, b...

To military assistance, thats another line. thats a line they havent crossed yet. thats exactly why jake sullivan threw down the gauntlet in rome yesterday. they dont want the chinese to start arming the russians because that could really have tipped the war in putins favor once and for all. on the financial side i think theyve been aiding the russians. absent real sanctions that dont ex exist, there arent any sanctions, china will continue to bail out the russian economy and continue to underwr...

Crushing, rushing russian economy. the ruble has lost -- i know many of you know this in detail, lost more than half its value. you know what the value of a ruble verses a dollar? you need 200 rubles to equal $1 today. 200. moscow stock exchange is closed for a simple reason. why is it closed? because for the last two weeks because the moment it opens, it will be disbanded. hear me? it will blow up. credit rating agencies have down graded russias government to junk status. junk status. the list ...

The ruble is virtually worth less, worth less than a penny. we have seen inflation skyrocket. we have seen russias credit rating essentially be downgraded to junk status. so the measures we have imposed have had an immediate swift and severe consequence, the same immediate, swift and severe consequence for the russian economy that president biden promised, as president biden likes to say, big nations dont bluff. we and our international allies, were not bluffing when we said this would be forth ...

Pig out. it was symbol nick 1990 the first mcdonalds opened its doors in moscow so all of a sudden, even people living in moscow could have the kind of experiences that those of us who left in the 70s could only acquire by leaving the country. that was symbolic of russia opening up to the world and creating a more capitalist economy. its symbolic the other way that just recently all 850 mcdonalds restaurants in russia have suspended operations. thats an indicator of what putin is inflicting on t...

With vladimir putins four, are terrified that their savings are about to be wiped out as the currency collapses. and as inflation kicks. and now, vladimir putin summit an emergency meeting of his economic advisers rests -- yesterday. they are appealing for calm. they did hide in the interest rates. but the reality is, putin has pretty few options in terms of shielding his economy from these unexpectedly strong western sanctions. since 2014, hes been building a financial worse chester for the cur...

United states will share in the responsibility of caring for the refugees so the costs do not fall entirely on the european countries bordering ukraine, and yesterday i spoke with my counterparts in france, germany and the united kingdom about russias escalating violence against ukraine, and the steps that were going to take together with our allies and partners around the world to respond to this aggression. we are enforcing the most significant package of economic sanctions in history, and its...

Stock market remains closed for the eighth consecutive business day with the ruble in free fall. oren liebermann, cnn, at the pentagon. >> joining me now once again, malcolm davis, the senior analyst in defense strategy and capability at the australian strategic policy institute. its always good to get you on, sir. the pounding of civilian areas continues, but as we were just discussing there in jims story and earlier, it would appear the actual advance of russian troops in terms of achieving ob...