the international monetary fund and the international monetary fund and the world bank. putin is an aggressor, he is the aggressor. and he must pay the price. he cannot pursue a war that threatens the very foundations, which he is doing, the very foundations of international peace and stability. and affects the financial health of the international community. the g7 is also stepping up pressure on corrupt russian billionaires and we are adding new names to the list of oligarchs and their families that we are targeting and we are increasing coordination among g7 countries to target and capture their ill gotten gains. they support putin, they steal from the russian people, gains. they support putin, they stealfrom the russian people, and they seek to hide their money in our countries. they are part of that kleptocracy that exists in moscow. they must share in the pain of the sanctions. while we are going after their super yachts, vacation homes, worth hundreds of millions of
advocate for revoking pntr and has agreed to hold off that in the house until we can line up our key allies to keep us in unison. unity among allies is important from my perspective at least. standing for democracy in ukraine, pushing russia s aggression, should not be one of those divisive issues. the free world is coming together to confront putin. our two parties at home are leading the way. with that bipartisan cooperation i am looking forward to signing into law the bill revoking pntr, which is again, most people think of it as most favoured nation status. we are also taking a further step, banning imports of goods from sectors of the russian economy including seafood, vodka and diamonds and we will continue to squeeze putin. the g seven will seek to bar russia from
order. chitter simming from we should be resolute in rejecting unilateralism and protectionism our promote trade and investment liberalization and facilitation and jointly steer the global economy toward greater openness greater inclusiveness balance growth and win win outcomes for all. it s a statement that could have come from the g seven the group of mostly european and north american economies that generally sets the global economic agenda but these are normal times and that s giving new prominence to brics after all we present forty one percent of the world population twenty two percent of g.d.p. eighteen percent of trade at this point in time i think the international border is being challenged. the confidence in the order in distribution order it is not as strong as it used to be so it s time for the brics to clear for me its commitment
commandeered government building there. meantime ukraine s prime minister is urging russia to stop interfering in his country s affairs. he made the comments while in rome where you met with his italian counterpart. as ai member of the g seven. italy has vowed to have sanctions on moscow. in eastern ukraine it is only intensifying. russian newspaper says ukraine has deployed, that s a quote from russian media. russia already has about 40,000 troops on its side of the border in ukraine. cnn s nick paton walsh has more on the situation.