CNN CNN Newsroom With Poppy Harlow and Jim Sciutto March 4, 2022 14:25:00
>> i don't think -- that doesn't ring true to me. oligarchs are there at putin's pleasure. he can make them nonoligarchs in a split secreond, he can put th in jail, he can kill them. he has done this in the past. the reason to sanction the oligarchs is not to pressure them to overthrow them, you want to pressure the oligarchs because putin is a rich man and one of the services they provide to putin is nominees and trustees for his own money. when you're sanctioning the oligarch, you're sanctioning putin. if you're freezing their assets, you're freezing his assets. that's what this is all about...
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