>> the president believes that sanctions are intended to deter. >> the purpose of the sanctions has always been and continues to be deterrence. >> the purpose of the sanctions in the first instance is to try to deter russia from going to war. >> sanctions are not an end to themselves, they serve a higher purpose. that purpose is to deter and prevent. >> we do see them as having a deterrent impact. john: madame, ambassador, can you hear this up for us, were they meant to deter or were they not meant to deter? >> look, before russia went to ukraine we took a number of steps to outline the conseq...