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People. we pushed president biden is institute the ban and as you know, took legislation passed the house earlier this week that will do just that. of course we need to back up now with domestic energy production to make sure that we are not hurting those american families. i think its only part of the thing. russian ban is one part. >> you talked about the white house needs to be more proactive and reactive. you are saying zelenskyy feels hes getting a lot of what hes asked for. ill ask you to ...

I would say 99% i am sure are workers of the government organizations who were -- some of them were paid. that is why some of them were there. jackie: how are the economic sanctions impacting russian citizens? the stock market has been close for weeks, the ruble has crashed. people are restricted on the amount of money they can withdraw. how are russian citizens feeling about what is happening and the sanctions imposed on russia by the free world? >> everyone is quite nervous about it. from fore...

Everyone is obviously rightly concerned about. >> and i would just say that what the kremlin clearly did not anticipate as they built this fortress in reserves was the west freezing the central banks assets, right? and that money really cant be touched at this point. and youre seeing the russian stock exchange closed for an unprecedented tenth day in a row. youve seen the value of the ruble just completely take a nose-dive, and what was interesting this morning out of the 250 or so companies tha...

Against the maternity hospital, this theater, neighborhoods. it is gut renching stuff. so, what we are doing is one, providing massive amounts of security assistance to our ukrainian partners. a billion dollars in the past week alone. $2 billion over the course of this administration and were continuing to impose massive costs on the russian economy. and on the kremlin, on vladimir putin himself. by any metric, you can see the scale and the consequences of those measures. the russian stock marke...

>> the russian people think its only in our power to stop all this madness. go to the rallies. do not be afraid. they cannot arrest us all. >> her protest on monday came with a crack down on antiwar messages in russia. a new law passed earlier this month allows up to 15 years in prison for anyone convicted of spreading what the kremlin considers fake news ability the invasion. for more im joined in london. is she -- is that the extent of what authorities will do to her following her on air prote...

Its raised concern about what president putin may do next. three different summits over 12 hours, the potential for chemical attacks. preparation from the u.s. side, the nato side as well. theres no near term imminent sign anything is coming. its palpable and real. >> is it clear how the president thinks the current sacks are working on russia? >> reporter: i think that the president and his top advisers believe its working as its designed to and perhaps better. its certainly more significant, m...

>> joining me now for more the former prime minister of sweden. you publicly said putin cannot win this war. but for now he seems to be raising the stakes at every turn. threatening to shut down gas supplies to europe today unless they pay in ruble. when does he come to the conclusion that you and many others have? >> thats quite some time down the road. i dont think he can were win the war. i see situations where he loses. he knows losing means losing big time. if you listen to the different sp...

Very encouraging because it shows that they are far from defeated. and also, i suspect shows that the russians are come to the point where they know that theyre not going to make any further progress. and depending on the state of the units that are involved, whether they be conscript units or professional unit, its just an indication theyre not winning at the moment. the war is far from over, but its very encouraging to see the ukrainians still being strong enough and having enough weaponry to ...

Sanctions since then. and it has rebounded a bit. the ruble. so what should the united states next move be? >> more sanctions but mostly time. we know time will have the outcomes of the sanctions within 24 hours, right? >> carley: you are right. time, and it is something that ukraine doesnt have but that is the nature of the situation. regina, thank you for joining us this morning. we appreciate your insight and perspective. >> thank you so much for having me. >> carley: so a developing story ou...

Selling certain components to russia. >> so probably about half of russias foreign trade has ceased, and this means that companies cant get parts, and the russian economy is basically integrated with the world economy. my guess is that the whole automotive industry will just come to a stop because thats an area where you have many of those parts are imported. >> reporter: a new car is already 20% more expensive compared to a year ago. the ruble has crashed in value, making imports more expensive...