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Quietly sometimes but getting louder as the economy collapsed. the value of the ruble is almost nil. inflation is through the roof. these western sanctions have take an heavy toll. as you said, now were hearing critics of vladimir putin speak up a little louder. growing dissent against russian military. intel chief stepping aside. take that for what its worth. you dont step aside in putins government, youre pushed out. a blame game has begun against some russian supporters of the war. a former c...

Security services were almost for certain providing information to help the russians in terms of their campaign inside ukraine, but also in dealing with the united states and the eu. even though as you said, theyre trying to distance themselves from the atrocities happening in ukraine, their number one priority still is to keep u.s. busy, to knock the u.s. off of the leadership role of the world. and so, in that, theyre still aligned with the russians and with putin. >> so, lets talk about the h...

Sanctions at this point. the ruble is crashing. if the russian stock market were to open, it is not clear when it will, that will crash as well. is the biden administrations aim with these sanctions to collapse the russian economy? >> our aim, our overall objective is to bring this war of choice, putins war of choice, to a close. and we have done that and were continuing to try to do that through a number of means. we have already spoken to the significant defensive security assistance that were...

Like? what are their needs and concerns? >> yeah. i mean, its been really tough having these conversations. i had a few emotional dinners with some of the people and families coming in. i think its very moving to hear just how much theyre enduring and the strength they have throughout all of this. i think some of the conversations im having surrounding the actions of the west in response to the conflict have included things like, you know, im so glad to hear that the ruble is tanking and theres ...

Dependent, as he said, on foie gra and oysters. meanwhile, hes in a mansion taking wealth from the russian people while they stand in long lines to access cash and watch the stores close and the ruble plummets in value. its no wonder brave russians continue to protest the war and be beaten and arrested for it. and russian journalists are resigning from their jobs at state media outlets because they cant stomach parroting the kremlins lies any longer. still, president putin is not relenting, and ...

Remains unclear what, if anything, the western leaders may announce to stop putins slaughter of the ukrainian people. on the ground the russian brutality increased overnight. we learned an art school being used as a shelter in mariupol has been bombed by russian forces according to the city council. there were 400 people sheltered there and individuals still trapped in the ruble. on saturday a theater bombed, even though the russian word for children had been painted in huge letters on the gro...

To you, you know, russian citizens are tiring of this. they might not know the details of whats going on, but they know a thing about long lines outside bank, u.s. companies that have left one after the other, rising food costs in their own country, rising energy costs in their own country, a ruble that is rubble. they know that. how is that factors back home? >> well, theres been a couple of pretty important surprises in that whole -- what is it? a month war now? the first of which has been the...

And what to do if there is chemical warfare unleashed on somebody. >> brian: they lost a key official yesterday. this guy has been around since the 1990s. yeltsen, one of the few of these russian officials, one of the few that went from yeltsin and putin. they show a video of this guy going to the atm and leaving with his wife. they believe he is now out of the country. they lost an official, which is really going to break john kerrys heart. evidently he was in charge of their green technology. ...

Making all of those points in the coming days. >> the first point, sanctions. the president is looking to shore up new sanctions from allies while in brussels. the ap reporting quote, one new option biden is looking at is to target hundreds of members of the russian state douma. the lower house parliament. according to an official, to discuss the move of ahead of any announcement. what new sanctions can we expect? >> well, look, again, not a very enterprising journalist here, but im not going to...

Homes worth hundreds of millions of dollars, were also going the make it harder for them to buy high-end products manufactured in our country. banning export of luxury goods to russia. also the latest steps were taking but they arent the last steps well take. as i said, at the beginning of all these steps, well hit putin harder because the united states and our closest allies and partners are acting in unison. totality of our sanctions is crushing the russian economy. ruble has lost more than ha...