Going to have to phase out russian fossil fuels and stop funneling money to the kremlin. we see a show of unity, sanctions u.s. announced over the weekend mirror what we ve seen from the european union in the package targeting media, consulting services, things like that. the u.s. took one interesting step further and sanctioned executives from gazprom bank which handles gazprom. it wasn t a full block. gazprom bank is critically important. to continue those transactions while they phase out russian gas, but it is a sign they are willing to go further. they still believe they have some leverage over russia. very unclear on the other side, though, isa, whether there is any deterrent effect from the sanctions. yeah, that was kind of my obvious question really, claire. we ve seen the sanctions pile in. is that having an impact at all on russia, on the russian economy? reporter: on the russian