selves, and then each of those weapons have changed over time, as the nature of the battle has changed. and number two, we have imposed severe sanctions and other economic measures, passport control, and others, on russian delimited s ability, number one, to finance this war. and a limited stability to project power long term. so we targeted our measures at sectors of the russian economy that we know are important for president putin s ability due to project power. the defense sector, aviation sector, shipbuilding, because we know these are ways to limit his ability not just to win this war, but he uses power to threaten and coerce other neighbors in the region. quickly, is there tangible evidence that those sanctions are having the desired effect? yes, there absolutely is. if you look at the fact of the russian economy is expected to decline 15% this year, and that of the russian central bank came out just last week and said, we are now the point where the sanctions are really abo
changed. and number two, we have imposed severe sanctions and other economic measures, passport control, and others, on russian delimited s ability, number one, to finance this war. and a limited stability to project power long term. so we targeted our measures at sectors of the russian economy that we know are important for president putin s ability due to project power. the defense sector, aviation sector, shipbuilding, because we know these are ways to limit his ability not just to win this war, but he uses power to threaten and coerce other neighbors in the region. quickly, is there tangible evidence that those sanctions are having the desired effect? yes, there absolutely is. if you look at the fact of the russian economy is expected to decline 15% this year, and that of the russian central bank came out just last week and said, we are now the point where the sanctions are really about to have an impact because russia is going to be denied the ability to source things like chi