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Be stopped. they must all feel the pain right now, and it must continue until the war ends. >> reporter: newly imposed sanctions from the west have made it hard for many of the russian billionaires to do business outside of russia. yachts, bank accounts frozen, inside russia the economy shows signs of crumbling. but chipping away at putin's brutal hold on power through economics will take time. from his actions, observers believe putin's strategy is far beyond personal racisms. >> he wants to rebuild russia as a great power. and you almost have to go back to the czarist days to understand that...

A great power. and you almost have to go back to the czarist days to understand it. >> reporter: just looks at the gates of putin's purported palace. a golden two-headed crowned eagle, similar to the winter palace that belonged to russia's last czar. the fact is, getting to the finances of putin may be impossible. and even getting to his oligarchs is tremendously difficult. they have gone to great lengths to hide their assets behind multiple shell companies safely in western countries like the united states. one expert telling cnn, there is literally no paper trail. don? >> all right. drew gri...

>> translator: all the accounts of all the oligarchs who function as putin's wallet must be stopped. they must all feel the pain right now and it must continue until the war ends. >> reporter: newly imposed sanctions from the west have now made it hard for many of the russian billionaires to do business outside of russia. yachts, bank accounts, frozen. inside russia, the economy shows signs of crumbling. but chipping away at putin's brutal hold on power through economics will take time. from his actions, observers believe putin's strategy is far beyond personal riches. >> he wants to rebuild r...