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then you and then change topics. >> one thing you mentioned is, sorry, you said the united states will continue -- sorry, the united states will continue to impose costs on wagner or its successor. is there any indication right now that wagner is actually standing up a successor organization? >> i think i said or successor if any. we have noted the announcements by the ministry of defense that wagner forces are supposed to be absorbed into the ministry of defense. we don't have any assessment of what will happen to the wagner group, either in ukraine or elsewhere and the world, but w...

The United States has reversed its 2023 relaxation of certain sanctions against Venezuela in response to failures by representatives of Venezuela President Nicolás Maduro to uphold...

Speak to any intelligence matters, as i never do, from this podium. you didn't need a classified briefing to know there were tensions between yevgeny prigozhin and the russian ministry of defense. he's been quite open about those and they've been escalating for the last several months. with respect to american citizens in russia, separate and apart from this matter, we've been quite clear that any american citizens considering travel to russia should not do so and any american citizens in russia should depart immediately. anything else on this topic? go ahead. >> reporter: another media report...

Well as visa restrictions on 635 russians who according to the treasury department who are oppressing dissent inside of russia and threaten the territorial integrity of ukraine. obviously notable this came just a couple of days after the president met with 11 world leaders from different countries. this is a continued effort by the president to have a united front and to do these sanctions actions in coordination with other major economies around the world. >> jeremy, talk to us about this meeting that's happening next hour. the president with his military officials. >> yeah, according to an o...

So i think the bottom line is, not only are the sanctions going to russia immediately and send the russian economy into a tailspin, but russia's capacity to do harm, russia's power is going to be significantly damping as long as he is president because of the sanctions that day, lawrence. >> rachel, when you saw, when you've been studying the package of sanctions two days ago, what stands out to you as the most powerful tools that the president is using now? >> well, the blocking sanctions are among the most powerful and direct hammers that we see the president using, because those have the ef...