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>> he is a -- >> you were in power when the invasion in the southeast ukraine happened as prime minister. as you reflect on that time, do you think the lack of response from the west, the united states included in this, helped propel putin toward the events of the past 35 days? >> first of all, putin is a proven liar and i know that of my experience with dealing with him for six years while prime minister. our response in 2012 was far better than the complete lack of response when putin help to ...

Conditions are there, the russians are not allowing -- theyve clearly told the red cross youre not allowed to bring any humanitarian aid or food into that city. and as we know, that place has been in a terrible condition. they dont have food. they dont have water, electricity. so they need everything they can get and the russians are doing everything they can to make sure they dont get it. >> ali, thank you. shannon, bring us up to speed on what were hearing from the white house in just the last...

Who support putin against him? >> well, the sanctions imposed by the rest and russia really arent, they are greater than the sanctions that were imposed in 2013, after the annexation of cr crimea, but they will produce a short-term shock to the russian economy, because now, after the united states imposed the sanctions on russias central bank, russias ruble has become a nonconvertible currency, basically. so russia is its currency. but in the meantime, we shouldnt forget that russia decides now,...

Position. it is not. a white house official clarifying that president biden was talking about his disdain for the actions of president putin and the leadership cannot be tolerated in the 21st century and not suggesting that regime change is the policy of the u.s. government. the presidents anger and true disgust for what president putin has done in the last month clearly came through in this speech which also had elements of a pep talk as this war is entering the second month. president biden tr...

How much customers can buy of certain products. like rice, diapers and chicken. theres also the very real risk that some products may become harder to get. many retailers have closed their doors as western companies exit a country waging an illegal war. the worlds biggest shipping companies will no longer carry non-essential cargo and western countries have also banned selling certain components to russia. >> probably about half of russias foreign trade has ceased. and this means that companies ...

Russian economy has really cratered in the last several weeks saying their economy is set to constrict by half in the coming years, that the ruble has been reduced to rubble, and that theyre seeing a brain drain of all of their best leaving the country right now. but there was also a part of this that was aimed at trying to keep peoples fortitude for what he describes as a long effort ahead. the president saying in this battle we need to be clear eyed, this battle will not be won this days or mo...

Stalwart and the soldiers remain dug in, hoping they can continue to withstand whatever putin has in store for them next. and so, of course, who knows what putin has in store. everybody is trying to guess his next move. as you mentioned, could it be a division of the country, could it be a stalemate, a continued war of attrition. one of the very, very concerning things, the polish prime minister told me, that even despite all these sanctions, which eventually will bite, the ruble in russia is do...

Immediate plans to meet with zelenskyy. just this morning, nato secretary-general jens stoltenberg said natos intelligence confirmed the wests suspicions that russia was simply repositioning forces, not withdrawing them, and obviously putins comments to the italian prime minister seem to reinforce that intelligence. president zelenskyy, meanwhile, has renewed his calls for the international community to cut off its purchases of russian oil as it fuels putins war machine. we are seeing the ruble ...

Ordinary stock market anymore, a command economy stock market with a lot of government intervention and short selling is banned and foreigners cant sell stock and everything is in the ruble at the moment and the russian government is buying up, the international wealth fund is looking to buy a billion rubles by the end of 202, so weve seen this rebound at the moment, it is not like everybody is piling in and thinking there is a lot of positivity in the russian stock market, it is propped up by t...

You mentioned no judo, no hockey. do regular everyday russians start to wonder, what is your government doing? i shop at h&m. i dont get my netflix. im not going to get my mcdonalds. and the ruble means next to nothing what it meant before. does that penetrate eventually? . >> it absolutely does. they are having an effect on all russian families. there is no doubt about that. >> there are 15,000 russian soldiers killed in ukraine. they are going back for burial. that is getting through. when pre...