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His actions have to match his words. last week he said if vladmir putin uses chemical weapons, nuclear weapons, that the united states would respond in kind, meaning they would use equal force, at least thats the definition of responding in kind. that is what worries people, is that we dont really node, when they say theyre going to be consequences the white house hasnt laid out those consequences. >> well sometimes it is best not to lay out exactly what youre going to do but i do think we have ...

The ruble or youre looking at their credit rating or youre looking at interest rates, those sanctions are having an impact right now on the russian economy. john: but again, were they meant to deter or not? >> well, look, before the war obviously we were laying out the consequences in pretty explicit detail with the hope that president putin would take an alternative course. we were trying in that moment to sharpen his choice. we were also at that moment moving u.s. force posture into eastern eu...

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Remember what president biden said, he said these sanctions have to cripple russian economy. boris johnson says putin must fail. this is the strategic objective. of course, they have caused substantial damage. we see that russian stock market here in london collapsed. russian ruble is falling. theres inflation. the shelves are being emptied. but what further has to be done is of course oil and gas embargo. this is what president zelenskyy calls for. this is what u.s. has already done. but europe...

And frankfort, and in london. and when these financial sanctions were imposed, europe and the u.s., we are going to cut you off. >> we dont think that anyone has frozen the central bankers there, the way that western bankers have with russias reserves. thats really a new use of financial power that is quite unprecedented. the upshot in the following days, a collapse in the russian currency, the ruble. its unclear whether it will be able to pay any bids debt in the coming months, not because it d...

Point? we are in negotiations and discussions with our allies about how we approach that. but make no mistake about it. a lot is being done to confront putin and those war crimes that he is committing. >> those sanctions you talked about, they are working to constrict the russian economy, but they havent seemed to had an impact on putins strategy on the ground. his decision-making. the russian stock market is back open. the ruble is stabilizing. do sanctions work if european allies arent or cant...

Perfect the partnership between the two countries. >> with regards using ruble and rupee in your financial trade dealings, i would recall that many years ago, we started moving in our relations with india and with china and many other countries from using dollar and euros to more and more use of national currencies. under this circumstances, i believe will be intensified which is obvious. we will be ready to supply to india any goods which india wants to buy. >> reporter: despite diplomatic pres...

Believe that is the case, do you believe youre doing enough to actually achieve your strategic end. your polish compatriot, the prime minister of poland i spoke to yesterday, he said, look, the russian ruble is doing fairly well, you know, against the dollar. its not really yet impacting putin. he is getting oil revenue. how do you expect to influence him going forward? >> well, i think we have to be very honest in this so difficult situation. because were all humans and everybody from us is a m...

Their blood itself. >> i would add to that to delay thats also part of their strategy. they delay, they wait until things are an emergency before -- and then they enact those actions you just talked about, they were always going to fall apart. but particularly when you are late. i dont care how much you spend. if you come in with cash and you are late its not going to work they dont get to something real quickly before we got a break. i was reading today about the bounce back of the ruble inside...

The president. what more is the president saying about what the u.s. and nato are preparing to do? >> reporter: the scale is significant. it largely matches up with the elements of the sanctions regime, the humanitarian aid weve seen rolled out over the course of the last couple weeks. they are continuing to ramp it up. its the point the president is making so long as president putin continues the invasion and horrific attacks theyve seen over the course of the last month, the u.s. and allies wi...