be curious about the world around us, and then go. go with an open heart, and you will find inspiration anew. viking. exploring the world in comfort. the crushing sanctions imposed by the west with long lines at atms as people try to withdraw savings. sent the ruble crashing, as you know, it s now worth less than a u.s. penny. the moscow stock exchange remains closed for a second straight day. cnn chief business correspondent
i think the sanctions package that has had almost immediate effect in some respects with the ruble crashing. russian blocked from the international financial system. all the state banks are cut off. of course, we re seeing without sanctions the american and european companies are making a quick exodus from the russian market. i think the big challenge for us and for the ukrainians, too, is to get more information to the general public and russia. those that watch state tv are not yet enaware of the scope of the russian operation, the fact that they re actively bombing one of everybody s favorite cities, kyiv. if we can use social media and other methods to get real information in to the russian audience, that could accelerate the process of undermining putin s base. neil: get the word out.
they took away his presidency at the international jiu-jitsu organization. so he is in trouble. he is isolated. i do not see any way right now that he does not just plunge ahead deeper into brutality. it s a proxy war with us in putin s mind, and yet the ukrainians are standing alone. peter, what are you hearing from the white house about the future of this war. they want to give some time for these economic sanctions to begin to suffocate the russian economy. we have seen some remarkable impact already. , the ruble crashing, the markets are closed to russia because they cannot dare to open. there are lines, atms, desperate to get money. they re not going to dollar rise a lot of the transactions around the. world bp and shell oil pulling out. the impact on this goes far