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Russia so that it finally drives it to the negotiating table? so far we see very little and you mentioned, don, the billionaire, the ol' gark that came out against putin, that's meaningless. that particular guy doesn't have a lot of influence. he's not one of putin's corridors. the power flows from putin to the oligarchs, not the other way around. he doesn't depend for their support, they depend on him. the only thing that will work here as i say, the hardest of hard military powers, which is the russian army has to be beaten back and bled which means ukraine needs more advanced weaponry of ev...

Putin. i'm sure putin won't take kindly being portrayed to someone that needs to save face to the west. >> he is saying the vast majority of russians are against the war in ukraine. he said there are 10% idiots in the country but 90% is against it. is there truth to that? >> that struck me as optimistic. >> to say the least. that's it. just optimistic. there is no evidence because the official polls show high 70s, low 80 percent that people believe this war is justified. >> right. when people are polled in russia whether they support the

So he has somewhat more freedom to speak but this is a very new thing for any oligarchs to be doing this. the last guy who really tried criticizing putin at this level got clapped into prison for ten years and had his assets seized by the state. so i think someone like him would only dare do this if he thought putin was essentially powerless to punish him and the image of tinkof begging for mercy for putin from the west asking the west to be h humanitarian and asking the west to help putin save face. that's not a great look for a strong man like putin. it must be kind of humiliating for them. ...

Americans may expect to feel at the gas pump, even with food prices potentially rising and try explain his message of why for the western values. so, a lot of things to balance. >> ashley parker, thank you both so much and the sanctions strategy, we're expecting to hear more today from the state department. will that change putin's mind? department will that change putin's mind? e. standing up... ...even walking was tough. my joints hurt. i was afraid things were going to get worse. i was always hiding, and that's just not me. not being there for my family, that hurt. woooo! i had to do someth...

These are people close to putin. a week ago people were calling for this administration to hit russia where they would hurt so the administration is doing it. the question is, why did it take so long? any oligarch worth his salt, knowing the sanctions could be coming for months now, would have tried to insulate himself from being affected. will this change putin's behavior? probably not. >> the oligarch targeted today ol oleg. >> that's right. i've tracked him down to vietnam where he was there on the side lines. he was part of putin's business delegation that he took with him. it shows how cl...