stand with sanctions against russia and the effects they are already having on its economy. the united states, along with its allies around the world, uk, the eu, canada, japan even switzerland, i said it before, neutral switzerland. they are putting maximum economic pressure on russia. and the financial structure, they are once cutting off some of the biggest russian banks from the u.s. financial system and from swift, the international messaging system that connects thousands of institutions around the world. their actions also specifically targeting companies of industries. the sanctions also go after powerful individuals including vladimir putin himself. in a number of influential oligarchs. in today, the u.s. government is going even further. this is a big one. freezing hundreds of millions of dollars that you know who it belongs to, the russian central bank. without that money, it s going to be a whole lot harder to prop up the russian economy in the pain it is already. in the ru