united states of waging an economic war against putin. john, what are you hearing about this? kate, that is a reflection of what the motorist in that clip you played was reflecting. yes, the united states is having some pain win flatioth inflatio rising gas prices. but it s really hurting russian individuals right now. you have interest rates doubled to 20% as a result of these sanctions. capital controls, people can t take dollars they ve been storing in russian banks out. you have a hometown domestic russian automaker shutting down production because it can t get replacement parts to keep its factory line going. tremendous hardship for russians, and the departure of some of these iconic american companies suspending operations, mcdonald s, for example, that simply is a high-profile demonstration to ordinary russians of how things have changed. that s a pretty critical element of this, because you ve got russian controls on media