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$630 billion of foreign reserves are no longer so impressive. they can t be used to support the ruble because no u.s., uk or european institution is allowed to trans act with it. that s why the ruble went into free fall. they lost 30% of the value today. it s worth less than a penny. that s going to lead to surging inflation in russia, a reduction in purchasing power, and a deep economic recession. it s a raw deal for the russian people. and we expect it s going to exchange the strategic calculus. walk us through that. because all of this is designed not only to punish or deter but to try to change the bet that putin s made that he thinks this is good policy or in his interest. so what would it look like if these sanctions achieved the ultimate u.s. and allied goal? would it be be a thing where putin would say to you, to the united states privately or publicly, okay if you let up on ....
any evidence though of what is actually hitting him? well, he s banneded from traveling for personal reasoned. any of his assets in the western financial system is frozen. and the same goes for oligarchs putting on the sanction list. the announcements we put out on saturday, ari, is we re going to begin multilateral process of finding the yachts, fancy cars, private jets, of all of the oligarchs that benefitted from this in russia. we re going to begin seizing them. we think over time that s going to hit those most close to putin and perhaps even putin himself. . deputy national security adviser, thank you for making time for us as you re working late tonight. i appreciate it. thanks, ari. absolutely. st. coming up, general mccaffrey will be here to get into depth of the pressure on ukraine. ....
How busy you are. thank you for making time tonight. good to be with you, ari. what do you see as the status of these international sanctions impact on the russian economy? ari this is a direct hit on the russian economy. we said if putin escalated invasion, it will be an unjustified, unprovoked and premeditated act of aggression and we would respond with the most severe sanctions ever contemplated. we said that we would take these actions with unprecedented unity across the world. and that we would do it with speed that can be measured in hours and days, not weeks and months. we ve done exactly what we said we would do. the measures that we announced over the weekend, ari, the removal of russian banks from the swift financial network and the sanctioning of the russian central bank are unprecedented in impact. and they re sending russia back to the 20th century in terms of financial standing. you re an expert in this. ....
And the point we made, it s no the in russia s interest to weaponize this energy supply. it depends on oil and gas to generate export use. if he does, we re prepared and talking to large oil producers around the world. we re talking large oil consumers across the world about potentially coordinating strategic reserves to make sure that prices in the u.s. at the pump don t increase as a result. you walked us through a lot of the details which is very helpful what can you tell us with any detail or evidence about the impact of the sanctions that were designed to target putin personally? you know, i can t get in president putin s line. but the purpose of sanctioning president putin is those most responsible for the aggression of ukraine and that starts with president putin. ....
Other? and to that effect, we heard from the nato secretary-general today saying that nato believes that russia is sending more and more forces into ukraine for this fight. ari? erin, thank you for your reporting and stay safe. we have our special coverage continuing. in a few moments, we ll be joined by a top ranking national security official from the biden administration to get that direct view. we begin with your independent assessment. i want to just play some of what we re getting in the reporting and the footage and the videos. take a look. my home in kyiv, no home now. translator: i m homeless. i m homeless. putin needs to stop this. this is very bad. ....