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suicides. both involving former russian gas executives. they were found dead alongside their families within a 24 hour period. the bodies of one along with his wife and daughter discovered in spain. the other along with his wife and daughter were found dead in moscow. cnn's nic robertson is following this for us. he joins us now. nic, what are the details here and who are these men? >> reporter: the details are a bit gruesome. 55 years old, former oil executive in russia. living in a house just outside barcelona in spain. now the spanish police discovered him dead in the garden and his wife and daughter dead inside the house. spanish police have sealed that investigation while they're working on it, so we're not getting many details there. we are getting a few more details from the russian investigation for the murders that appeared to happen the day before monday this week.
in the meantime, putting a lot on the line if you're an oil executive. they were all up on capitol hill today responding to some pretty harsh questions by democrats, which has me thinking that maybe they weren't so much witnesses as pinatas after this. >> the gas prices have soared. your companies have funneled record profits back to shareholders. >> you're not willing to do increased production and buybacks. >> we can increase production and-- >> okay, i'm going to take that as a no. up to $60,000 or more. veteran homeowners- you deserve more. more cash, more savings, and more financial peace of mind. newday can help you get it with the newday 100 va cash out loan. it lets you borrow up to 100% of your home's value: up to $60,000 or more.
inappropriately when they instantly dismissed hunter biden as misinformation, and what can we learn from that, ensuring what we label as misinformation is truly misinformation and not reality? >> my problem is i think it is totally irrelevant. i mean, whether it is misinformation -- i did not think that the hunter biden business relationship has anything to do with who should be president of the united states. >> kayleigh: okay, so it's irrelevant. let's talk about why it is relevant, guys. let's just look at china for a moment. we see some of hunter's business dealings, just to give a brief overview. 2.8-carat diamond by one of his proteges and urged to work with someone who he named -- was either to work with him, another example where an oil executive wanted to buy an oil field, and despite hunter being warned
talk to your rheumatologist about rinvoq relief. rinvoq. make it your mission. learn how abbvie could help you save on rivnoq. the white house is piling on the pressure on russian president vladimir putin. by going after his inner circle. thursday president biden slapped new sanctions on a group of oligarchs close to the russian leader. candid cut off from the u.s. financial system. assets will be frozen or blocked. including this private yacht seized in france. belongs to a wealthy oil
after vladimir putin's money men. his cronies. the oligarchs. announcing new sanctions today against some of russia's wealthiest business elites, many of whom got their money through their connections to punt. >> the department of jus jus tis is going after the crimes of russian oligarchs. >> had helps because oligarchs look after putin's money. we want to punish putin personally and directory for what he has done. and this is the most direct way of doing that. >> and the u.s. and its allies are going after the oligarchs' most prized possessions, like that you were super yachts. last night, french officials seized about 280 feet long, with multiple vip suites. and a pool that turns into a heli pad. french officials say it is linked to igor session, an oil executive sanctioned by the eu this week and one of putin's closest advisers but a company that manage mngs the yacht denied that session was the owner. >> it is sometimes hard to trace ownership and link these people. using shell companies, they will own them in the name of family members.
with sanctions closing in, cbs' catherine herridge tells us how the oligarchs are trying to shield their assets. >> reporter: the wealthiest russian money, including vladimir putin's, has pushed out to sea. data from marine traffic shows oligarch yachts on the move, including aluminum magnet oleg deripaska's $65 million clio, an oil executive, vagit alekperov's $80 million galactica super nova. >> so self-respecting oligarch exists without a super yacht. what we're seeing now is high tailing it on the high seas. >> reporter: the biden administration created a task force to go after the olgocs' yachts, luxly apartments, money and ability to send their kids to fancy colleges in the west. financier and anticorruption advocate bill browder says the goal is to get cololigarchs to pressure pietin to stop the war. >> we're not ready to engage in military warfare, and there's an
kyiv to try and bury his family. he wrote this on facebook. he took them all, tanda could make it, what is this for me? i'm next. i lost my wacom i must see one last time. forgive me i didn't cover you. it's heartbreak after heartbreak. >> the human elements of tragedy that we do not normally see. this is war in 22. and a blessing. i tried to look for a blessing in all of this and say when you are allowed to see something, you cannot say you didn't see it. you can't pretend it's not happening. so what do we do? i think at this point it's really going to take a coming together. i mentioned this earlier to an oil executive who i know you know well from the fox business channel, mike summers. we need operational warp speed on this now. we need to be energy independent to send a huge message to putin that we are right there with you in real time.
democrats lacked a legislative plan to curb soaring gas prices after russia invaded ukraine. now they're turning their attention to another favorite target. congressional correspondent chad pergram reporting tonight from capitol hill. good evening chat, mike . at first democrat called it the putin premium, but now democrats want to portray big oil as the villain price of crude has actually gone down, but the average price of a gallon is still stuck at nearly four dollars and 30 cents. if anyone thinks this is fair, efficient or sensible, they're probably an oil executive. >> two committees are holding an executive from bp, chevron and exxon mobil next month to explain sky high prices. >> i want to make sure that no one is price gouging. democrats accuse big energy companies of seizing financial advantage during a crisis when the oil price of oil goes up, the price of gasoline and the price of oil goes down. the price of gasoline does not
we're coming for you and your ill begotten gains. >> these are the people the u.s. started sanctioning this week. seven billionaires and vladimir putin's press secretary dmitri peskov. other countries are going after russia's wealthiest. italy says it seized a yacht named lady m friday owned by an russian oligarch worth estimated $70 million. fraenz seize. a $$120 million yacht, the country says, belongs to igor cechen. a oil executive and close putin associates mts and reports germany seized the dilba, $600 million. and belongs to another billionaire with ties to putsen. russian oligarch have yachts docked around the world from the caribbean to barcelona to maldives but one yacht thought to be owned by putin himself was moved from germany to russia in early february well before the