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Quickly is if something happens to putin. like a brain aneurysm. im not joking and im not going to talk about -- im going to use the word "assassination" but thats the only way it ends. since the annexation of cry mia, the ruble has fallen since the sanctions. it hasnt come back. russians are poor, theres visa restrictions. theres less prosperity in the country. but you still -- their fidelity to putin, particularly among older russians, has not completely been shaken because russia, since putin...

Imports in half by this year and be totally done with russian gas by 2024. as for russia, vladimir putin said that hostile countries will need to pay for their energy in rubles which inturn would help prop up his current ruble. we may be seeing some signs -- or at least the first signs of decent from within the kremlin with a senior official who served as putins climate envoy stepping down. that official has now left russia. there are direct ways into and out of russia with finland stopping rail...

If you remember, ana, this was brought by the maujority leader to the floor. asked unanimous consent. i joined with him in an effort to get unanimous consent. it was only republicans who objected to that consent. >> you talk about wanting to put the economic stranglehold on russia. we just reported the ruble is almost back to his prewar levels. if russias economy is recovering, what does that mean for putins war on ukraine? >> well, listen, i think a temporary rise in the ruble isnt a permanent ...

They believe this is going to be increasing over the next month, the next couple of months at least. they are the most serious sanctions really ever leveled against any country. and, you know, if we look at the exchange rate, the ruble, its interesting, because in the past week or so, it actually has been coming back somewhat after the beginning of the war. but that is really due to the intervention of the government, these currency controls. ill give you an example, jake, when i went to moscow,...

Ukraine, somebody standing behind the television camera during the main evening news broadcast with that sign. she had obviously taken great care to prepare including the message that is illegal now talking about a war in ukraine as per the last couple of weeks since russia changed the law and cracked down on freedom of speech. this is an extraordinarily courageous act by a journalist which could cost her 15 years of her life. >> for russians, the pressure is piling on. markets -- stock markets ...

>> well, to be honest, its really promising that the collective west is coming to its senses and realizes that this is something more than another territorial expansion for russia. that this is a major problem thats shattered the global security architecture, thats threatened our way of life, and we need to face it and figure out a way to combat it and win this war and look, i fully agree with president zelenskyy when he says that this war is not only about ukraine, and this war is already being...

Defense industry targeting. i interviewed sergey, last year. he is the head of rostech. pretty much runs the russian defense industry. friends with president putin back to the kgb days. we talked a lot about oil and gas. interesting to see the russian defense industry targeted because its another pillar of president putins stabment. establishment. they reopened the stock market tentatively. >> and only one. >> reporter: another thing to note the ruble has recovered a little bit. there are signs ...

Overnight, and this as president putin is asking for payment for gas in rubles. what all can you tell us about this? >> its interesting. last week the eu vice commissioner said that actually russia is using europes reliance on energy against them. they havent called on the u.s. and u.k. to cut off all ties meaning no embargo there. really interesting last night president putin suggested he wants unfriendly countries, which of course would be the eu and the u.s. to pay for their gas contracts wit...

Months, even before the invasion in ukraine where, in fact, we were no longer allowed to have locally employed staff. we had to get our own support staff. very very stressful relationship. i hope that president putin doesnt take this step. it would not be to his advantage, and it would not be his interest, but he keeps making decisions that are not in his interest. the ruble is almost worthless. the stock market has been closed for some time. the economy is hurting badly. people cannot get what ...

Received, you can only understand where, apparently the president said turn the ruble into rubble and people got a kick out of that in the crowd which was made up of a fair amount of ukrainian refugees, people who fled here to poland and left everything behind and wanted to hear from the president so according to our crew there, some of those folks enjoyed what they heard but its unclear exactly what is going to change now if the big new policy position the president laid out that putin should b...