russian-based companies. bp and shell dumped their stakes in two russian gas giants. in the sports world, the nhl and fifa took steps to punish russia. and in hollywood, multiple studios are pausing russian releases, and that's not even close to the full list. let me bring in cnbc's andrew ross sorkin, co-author of "squawk box" and founder of "the new york times" deal book. >> great to see you. >> i know different companies are different. gives us a reality check. how much of this is intended to hurt russia? how much of it is simply concern about instability in russia and ukraine? how much of this is pr? >> i think more of this is symbolic than anything else. it's not going to have a huge impact, but hopefully will send some kind of signal to putin about the way the west and the rest of the world is going to think about doing business with them in the future, especially if things continue to spiral in this way. right now, when i say it won't