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Economic shock. with us now from stanford university is katherine stoner, she is director of the center of democracy development and the rule of law. and, katherine, welcome back. it's good to see you. we heard from vladimir putin on thursday speaking about why he believes russia has been targeted with international sanctions. listen to this. >> translator: these are sanctions to punish us for our right to be free, independent. for our right to be russia. for not wanting to dance to their tune and sacrifice our national interest and traditional values. >> on the surface, that sounds like someo...