western sanctions the sanctions may not change his course. not change his course. i do not thinkthat not change his course. i do not think that it s not change his course. i do not think that it s true. not change his course. i do not think that it s true. putin - not change his course. i do not think that it s true. putin has i think that it s true. putin has taken many different actions, including the seizure of crimea and the destabilisation of the donetsk and luhansk. donbas. the invasion of georgia in 2000 interference and the us elections, and numerous other cyber attacks, strategic corruption from the us elections, and numerous other cyber attacks, strategic corruption, various forms of destabilisation, a piece of the international police opponents and dissidents. the list goes on, assassinations, including in the uk. attempted assassinations in the uk, the killing and then the attempted assassination of sergei. so all of these times, the west gave putin a slap on the
the adviser to the us congress on russian sanctions in washington. sir, thank you very much indeed for joining us. what he the president will announce? 50. joining us. what he the president will announce? joining us. what he the president will announce? so, i hope that the resident will announce? so, i hope that the president will will announce? so, i hope that the president will announce will announce? so, i hope that the president will announce that - will announce? so, i hope that the president will announce that the l president will announce that the time has come for her massive sanctions for massive cost and position. this is it. president putin has crossed the line. he s deployed troops into ukraine, he s violated ukraine s territorial integrity, which of course, he had been doing covertly for eight years. this is different. now the russian military has deployed into ukraine and we must respond. military has deployed into ukraine and we must respond. there would be western
we understood long ago that this is the only tools the west has to use against us two containers. does russia not care that its international reputation, in the west, is getting lower and lower and your country is seen, increasingly, as an aggressor? it is your country is seen, increasingly, as an aggressor? your country is seen, increasingly, as an aggressor? it is you, you are inventinr as an aggressor? it is you, you are inventing this as an aggressor? it is you, you are inventing this reputation. - as an aggressor? it is you, you are inventing this reputation. because| inventing this reputation. because of our inventing this reputation. because of your actions. inventing this reputation. because of your actions. you inventing this reputation. because of your actions. you are inventing | of your actions. you are inventing the trepidation of your actions. you are inventing the trepidation for of your actions. you are inventing the trepidation for us of your actions. you
regrets germany s suspension certification and hopes the delay is temporary. the former russian president has tweeted the german chancellor is issued in order to hold the process. well. i that means he is unimpressed. welcome to a new world where europeans may seem, and he goes on, will continue world where europeans may soon pay 2000 euros for a one cubic metre of national gas. europe does rely on russia for 40% of its natural gas. let s look at oil. this wasn t its level since 2014 after moscow ordered troops to breakaway regions. this was a short while ago. it reached $99, 50 cents earlier in the day. fears that russian energy exports could be disrupted by any conflict and best sanctions. european gas futures rose by as much as 10%. to what extent did russia anticipate the sanctions? let s talk
independent states. so today, i m announcing the first tranche of sanctions to impose costs on russia and in response to the actions yesterday. these have been closely correlated with our allies and partners and will continue to escalate sanctions if russia escalates. we are implementing full blocking sanctions, two large financial institutions. we are implementing comprehensive sanctions on russia s sovereign debt. that means we ve cut off russia s government from western financing. it can no longer raise money from the west and cannot trade in its new debt on our markets are european markets either. starting tomorrow, continuing in the days ahead, we will also impose sanctions on russia s elites and their family members. they share and the corrupt games of the kremlin policies and share in that plan as well. because of russia s actions we work with germany to ensure air ignored stream