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>> well, you know, we academics debate how to exactly measure the percentage of how much damage it's done to the economy. some say 1%, others go up to 2%. and remember, it's compounded, because the sanctions have been in place for several years. so, that's one part of the argument. the second are the actual people on the sanctions list. believe me, i know some of them. it hurts them. and some of them have very close to putin. one of them that we discussed before, oleg deripaska, sent hundreds of millions of dollars to get off the sanctions list and invested in kentucky to try to do that. but i...

The hour, still. this scandal is still unfolding. there was a bunch of important developments over the weekend. but to try to keep it in perspective and not get too overwhelmed, also to help stack up, like, when something new happens, how important is this, how much does this change the story? in order to keep perspective on it, it's good to start with the basics. all right, go back for a second to where this started. 2014, halfway through barack obama's second term in office as president. russia invades the neighborhoods neighboring country of ukraine. ukraine had been interested in orienting...

This book has been killing me, actively, for more than a year now. it's been my pet project for these past many, many months. and it turns out, much to my surprise, i guess, timing-wise, that all of the stuff that i have been researching and writing about in terms of the oil and gas industry around the world, particularly the oil and gas industry as it relates to russia and ukraine and vladimir putin and donald trump, all of that is, like, hot in the news right now because that's the kernel of the trump impeachment, it turns out. i doesn't know it was going to time out this way, but it has. th...

The case for putin, who it's not clear putin wants to get back into the g7. he's somebody who disdains these international organizations, disdains western-style democracies. so the idea that he is begging to get back into the g7, it's not like he needs to because he has trump there to do it for him. >> here's the reporting, ryan, and then you can weigh in. leaders discussing issues like iran, the fires in amazon and trump interjects to ask about russia not being there. it sounds like he only cared about putin's interests instead of the priorities of the meeting. >> you couldn't have made it up...

It's certainly bizarre to have him in the meetings. with the other leaders pleading the case for putin. who it's not clear he wants to get back into the g 7. he disdains the international organizations. disdains the western style democracy. so the idea he is in begging to get back in to the g 7. it's like he doesn't need to. you have trump to do it for him. >> here's the reporting. you can weigh in. leader are discussing issues like iran and the fires in amazon. and trump interjects to ask about russia not being here. he only cared about put p's interest instead of the priority of the meeting....