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Sanctions deter pupt, and the problem is that all the really sort of extensive sanctions, the ones that actually spite, are cutting them off from the swiss system, trying them to go after russian money much more aggressively in the west, all of that stuff is in peril because the u.s. and western allies, particularly in europe, are partly dependent on russia. for example, on natural gas, wit eu gets 40% of its national guard gas from russia so you have this sort of catch-22 situation where anything that's truly going to deter putin requires inflicting some level of economic damage on ourselves,...

Morning. investors clearly watching the russia situation with great focus and in particular what those sanctions will look like first coming out of europe and coming out of the uk with detail expected later on today. >> the standoff between russia and the west over ukraine is driving oil prices something, something that affects all of us. >> this has been perhaps the single biggest impact on markets. we've seen the price of oil, brent trading around $99 per barrel. that's the first time it has traded above that mark since 2014. we've also seen wti crude trade higher this morning, and as matt b...

We're cracking down on the economy of eastern ukraine. so get ready for higher prices on bleak. ♪♪ well, the truth behind the joke. will the west step up with tougher sanctions now that russian president vladimir putin has ordered troops inside ukraine? some call it an invasion has begun. straight ahead, we will have live reporting from on the ground and full analysis, but first the very latest developments breaking right now. the european union meets to decide which sanctions to fire off now and which to save in case things get worse. france, italy, turkey, south korea, all slamming the...