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Interplay of foreign policy in the united states context. the president here getting basically nudged, although he's been open to it but nudged by congress here. we have the headline of a potential deal to ban russian energy imports, bipartisan deal that would do so, or the u.s. can move on an executive basis even faster. walk us through how that works and what do you expect? does this lead to a multicountry ban or is the u.s. sort of acting alone because it is less leveraged, perhaps, than some of russia's nearby neighbors? >> one of the things that this whole discussion of banning russian ex...

New satellite images show the russian military convoy heading towards kyiv has now dispersed with artillery deployed in firing positions. moscow requests a meeting of the un security council after claiming, without evidence, that the us is developing chemical weapons in ukraine — something the ukrainian leader denies. the russian owner of chelsea football club, roman abramovich, is among another seven people who've been hit with sanctions by the uk government because of their suspected close links to president putin. the decision means that although chelsea can still play matches, the sale o...

Globally? >> yeah, i think, frankly, first and foremost, do no harm. what i mean by that, in the past, back in 2007, '08, a lot of that situation was exacerbated by the fact that countries put on export bans. a country decided, prices are really high, i'll keep that wheat at home, i'm not going to export it. that was really good for that country, but it just made global supplies all that more tight. and unfortunately, those export bans tend to be very contagious. once one country starts, another one follows and, that can really exacerbate price volatility and price levels, so we hope that does...

Moscow retaliates against Western sanctions with export bans

The list includes technological, telecommunication and medical equipment, vehicles, agricultural machinery, electric equipment, as well as railway cars and locomotives, containers, turbines, metal and stone cutting machines, video displays, projectors, consoles and switchboards