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Americans that if vladimir putin gives the order and his forces invade ukraine, that will be pain here in the u.s. in terms of energy prices, pain in europe. but that we stand firm in terms of the principles at stake, a country cannot violate the sovereignty of another country and invade without nato and the u.s. leading nato to stand up to that country. there will be disruption to the energy markets. that's something that putin has factored in. putin has about $630 billion in his coffers because of the high price of oil. that is how he has been stocking away those reserves. and he knees that ...

And its economy? our global trade correspondent chris morris reports on the potential impact. eight years ago, russian troops moved into crimea, annexing part of ukraine. it provoked a first round of international sanctions and it taught moscow an important lesson. since 2014, it's been setting up defences, moving away from the dollar and trying to sanction—proof the russian economy. by january this year, the government's international reserves in foreign exchange and gold were at record levels, worth over $630 billion. and only about 16% of that foreign exchange is now actually held in doll...

Russians in the short—term won't worry about that because they've got 630 billion euros and they have prepared for this. they are waiting for a raft of measures that will really hurt but americans do have that power in the financial system to impose some long—term penalties on russia and i suspect thatjoe biden will try to do that in conjunction with mr short. professor michael clarke, _ conjunction with mr short. professor michael clarke, thank _ conjunction with mr short. professor michael clarke, thank you _ conjunction with mr short. professor michael clarke, thank you very i conjuncti...

Volatile. japan currently down slightly, hong kong a lot worse. the japanese yen, seen as a safe haven, has gained quite significantly in value. here's our us business correspondent michelle fleury in the world of global finance, the decision by western governments to curb the central bank is unheard of for an economy the size of russia's. the us has previously sanctioned the central banks of iran and north korea, both much smaller, less—connected economies. russia's central bank has spent years building up $630 billion in reserves, and a big chunk of that made up of gold, bonds and securiti...

International affairs. national adder and columnist. russia is disappearing into the economic dumping sectors with gas problem. it's a third major oil company to announce such an exit in as many days. cutting off russia from nearly 630 billion dollars in financial reserves. from this point on finances in the united states and european union will be banned from trading with russia's central bank. sanctions also apply to russia's finance ministry in a sovereign fund. this is the uk foreign minister, lizz truss. we are determined to go much, much further. we want a situation where they can't acce...