credit agency standard & poor s. joining me is christine romans. this is a pretty glaring headline. it is. they are calling this selective default. it is paying its bills in raoubls. investors who are paid rubles have having trouble converting them. it is the unplugging of russia from the global system because of vladimir putin as the west tries to starve his war machine of the money it needs. s&p says we think sanctions are likely to be further increased in the coming weeks, hampering russia s willingness and tech abilities to honor the terms and conditions of its obligations to foreign debt holders. they blamed the west, of course, for blocking payments and said russia is fulfilling its obligations. no doubt russia is cut off from international borrowing markets. it is facing a depression.
department documents and they are administration review boards for the guantanamo detainees including the conspirators of 9/11, and they justify the holding of the men, classified versions which have not been released before, and so it would be a treasure trove of information but i would question how damaging that information could be. shepard: a lot of people would at this point. thank you from washington. good to see you. the company that processes credit card donations for the wikileaks is now threatening to sue visa and mastercard for blocking payments. the c.e.o. of the company reports he is planning to seek damages saying the credit cardiacses are killing his business and causing italy dick louse to think wikileaks has done anything criminal. and a handful of companies including visa and