the u. s. is witnessing its currency and many a wondering if they might be targeted next. but what makes a dollar so special? why does nearly every central bank in the world stockpile the u. s. currency and invest in american bonds? the dollar has been preserving at status for decades, and the secret ingredient is oil. a quick dive into history. back in 1974. saudi arabia was the world's biggest oil producer. and it just shaken the western world with a major oil embargo, a punishment for supporting israel in the yom kippur wolf, the u. s. was an important 70 percent of its oil and embargo hit it hard to got themselves against the possible oil shocks of the future. the nixon administration off at the saudis a deal the u. s. agree to supply the saudis with military aid and equipment in exchange, saudi arabia agreed to accept the dollar as a de facto means of exchange in the oil market. from that moment, every oil contract with saudi arabia had to be priced in the u. s. currency. the rest of the o

as the u. s. s. all was devastated by war. united states lost about $400000.00 people at the brits last less than the americans did. and the soviet suffer 27000000 deaths bmw 27000000 is an incredible number.

well, i think the u. s. is completely ignoring the fact that is human rights problems are arguably more severe than the countries that the u. s. has been sensually, i look at a desperate of the product people q by the us bullets and the u. s. has engaged in huge this formation campaign to demonize is a bursaries, if china sanctioned russia, the results are catastrophic. not only that, the peoples of portia and china suffer from higher prices and the lack of goods and foot in its cornering show is shown to be a power. i don't think anyone want to see things even more dramatic to happen. increasingly, many entities realize that any security solutions in the region without the involvement of russia will be disaster. china is on the side of humanity in general . i think it is what the right side of history entails and washington, the traditional middle east allies are also unhappy with us attempts to control global oil supply. some of the world's biggest crude exports is, are increasingly with this thing america

the u. s. was an important 70 percent of its oil and embargo hit it hard to got themselves against the possible oil shocks of the future. the nixon administration offered the saudis a deal for you is to agree to supply the saudis with military aid and equipment in exchange, saudi arabia agreed to accept the dollar as a defective means of exchange in the oil market. from that moment, every oil contract with saudi arabia had to be priced in the u. s. currency. the rest of the opec countries followed suit. the patriot on his system was born. imagine a chocolate pie in a room full of hungry people. if one wants to grab a bite that you may only use a plastic spoon, no steel or wood, and allowed convert or spoons in exchange office, pallet more for the future. sounds unreasonable. let's kind of want to pitch a dollar is like from 1974. the hi, a world has been paying for oil in the u. s. dollars. no gold saudi real or any other national currency allowed to buy an oil important country must 1st conver

a u. s. president who wanted to take care of the home front, travels to europe, looking to shore up a united front with you. and nato allies can either deliver results that help stem . the conflict and its effects. we're asking biden versus putting. can the u. s. stop the war in ukraine with welcome to to the point. it is a great pleasure to greet our guests. sariah hardy nelson is a talk show host at the common ground. berlin podcast and former correspondent for the u. s. broadcaster and p. r. michel tillman is diplomatic correspondent at the german weekly det site, and it's a great pleasure to welcome back to the show of my colleague roman con charge. if he is a ukrainian by birth and works with d w's, russia language service in boston. and i'd like to begin a if i may, with you sariah, following the trump presidency and the disastrous us exit from asked canon stan, many people doubted whether there was still any will on the part of the us to lead. is that different? now? would you say tha

to me, the u. s. slaughter expelled and assimilated native americans physically, geographically and culturally committing systemic human rights abuses in every aspect. huge. these abhorrent crimes are more than enough to constitute defacto genocide by charlotte, in its effort to drive a wedge between china and russia, the u. s. it seems, will go to any lens just so long as it doesn't have a strong enough opponent in the east. well, i think the u. s. is completely ignoring the fact that is human rights problems are arguably more severe than the countries that the u. s. has been sensually. i look at a desperate of the product people q by the us bullets and the u. s. has engaged in huge this formation campaign to demonize its adversary's. if china ascension russia, the result are catastrophic. not only that, the peoples of boucher and china suffer from higher prices and the lack of goods and foot in its cornering show as shown new to the a power. i don't think anyone want to see things even more dramati

so this is a moral decision said the u. s. president joe biden, but it is also very important for climate change and for prices and are for consumers that have been some divisions though in the e. u. the $27.00 leaders will be discussing energy today. some though, have talked about whether or not they need to be imposing sanctions on russian energy supplies on oil, on gas that something the united states has done, but much harder to do here in the ear because it is so reliant on moscow. but there is obviously the sense that the you does not want to continue to fuel moscow's a war chest, or if you like, and it wants to win itself off. russian energy supplies. natasha, thank you very much. indeed. obviously those talks are going to be going on, we're going to be coming back to you and that she was just to give us a breakdown of what's happening. but now thank you very much indeed. want to go across to ukraine. same cassava is in the view of, obviously as in the war is continuing in ukraine. and recently there was a russian stri

u. s. department of justice has assembled a dedicated taskforce to go after russian for the crimes of russian oligarchy, and were joining with our european allies to find is seized or yards there. luxury apartments are private jets and all the herb got and gazed. make sure a share in the paid of foods war these by the way, john yard, you put some menu press and some are. i think i read one was over 400 feet long. i mean it's, this is worth hundreds of millions of dollars. the decision today is not without cost here at home, prunes war is already hurting american families of the gas pump since prudent began is military build up in ukrainian borders just since then. the price of the gas, the pump, an american of $0.75. and with this action is going to go up further, i'm going to do everything i can to minimize prudence, price hike here at home, and coordination with our partners. we've already announced that we're releasing 60000000 barrels of oil from our joint oil reserves. half of that 30

there is no evidence of non whatsoever the u. s. has offered, suggesting that rushes, engaging in a false flag operation and 12 in the use of w. m. d, 's weapons of mass destruction. there's no evidence at all. and there's no reason to think that russia would do that. so the u. s. u. s. charges are completely unsubstantiated with just to wrap up on the wall. you touched on it. why are so many western diplomats so sure that these by weapons programs do not exist? no chance of it. because that they, there's a war going on and, and war definitely is truth that the, the, the 1st victim, but so as, so as you know, ambiguity questioning, critical thinking, etc. so you know, so the idea of looking at a problem, both sides is completely, you know, goes completely out. the window assumes the bullet starts flying. so i, so the, the western nations, nato, are the know what they are told, towing the u. s. line back in the us up completely and, and essentially repeating every outrageous charge that emanates out of washington. the thoughts of jour

g u. s. has been spreading successive disinformation targeting china on the ukraine issue with malicious intentions. china is already on the wrong side of history when it comes to, to ukraine and the aggression being committed by russia. the u. s. has gone so far as to threaten that other countries will pay a price for not following suit and imposing sanctions as it has done one country order is a luxury meal and the rest of the world has to foot the bill. this looks more like what a bully would do. we will not stand by and allow any country to compensate. russia for its losses from the duke sang would use. would don, you should never forget that there are 3 fingers pointing back to you when you point fingers and others, but it's not just words and saber rattling the u. s. as playing with fire in a very sensitive region tie one and the indo pacific. washington has deployed more than 2000 troops, just radius northern territory for the 1st time ever is building and miss sol network aimed at det

u. s. president joe biden has announced a ban on importing russian oil and retaliation for the invasion of ukraine. biden's move comes as the united states is already struggling with rising fuel prices and inflation. us imports only a small percentage of its oil from russia, but the ban will likely push oil prices even higher. but the price of brent crude reaching a 14 year high this week now for more unless let's bring in, james sweeney, our financial correspondent and new york. james, how big of a blow is that to russia, to lose the u. s. as a customer for its oil and gas, this is a big blow to russia by losing the u. s. as an energy comes customer, an injury consumer, the u. s. is the global leader, an oil consumption in this administration, the binding ministration, agree to buy a ton of oil for russia, you know, mix it up a bit not get everything from oven. and the russians were enjoying the funds, allocating it, whichever way they felt fit. and now that money's gone, that's hundreds

the u. s. needs to find another excuse for sanctions. how convenient the state department is now targeting chinese officials for cracking down on religious minorities. beijing's response is, or to clear wave on the show me the u. s. statement is full of ideological bias and political lies, lines and smears china and wantonly imposed restrictions on chinese officials. would you part of what were you as actions contravene the international law and basic norms governing international relations and grossly interferes in china's internal affairs strong? and as the chinese foreign ministry points out, the u. s. itself is no champion of human rights. do you show you on the ball or throughout history to me, the u. s. slaughter yelled, expelled, and assimilated native americans physically your geographically and culturally uncle, committing systemic human rights abuses in every aspect. huge will, these abhorrent crimes are more than enough to constitute de facto genocide by solitude, in its effort to dr

ah, a a, the u. s. warrens china, not to support russia's military actions in ukraine, but beijing says it won't bout us pressure moscow and tear struggles to come to an agreement on the key issues over resolving ukraine conflict that as fighting continues with reports of civilian casualties, ended destruction of residential areas we sat in the basement for a week, hiding from the shooting. with british media regulator, all calm, revokes archie's broadcasting license, citing the conflict in ukraine and the networks quote, relationship with the russian federation. r t says the watchdogs move was politically motivated and russia presents further evidence to the un that us and nato. we're supporting biological weapons development in ukraine. we hear the key point ah, broadcasting live direct from studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. from the glad to have you with us. now we start with the latest developments in the ukraine warmed. vladimir put an emphasized and a phone call wi

the u. s. president saying, america would continue to have ukraine's back in the fight against russia. lead spring in our white house correspondent, kimberly hawk it. kimberly present biden announcing you us security assistance to ukraine. yes, but stopping short of what lot of mirrors zelinski asked for specifically just to hours ago in front of the u. s. congress in a very emotional plea, in fact, a direct challenge to the u. s. president. it has been at least initially, outright rejected by the u. s. president. and given the delay of the speech by the u. s. president, there was some speculation that this was ah plea that was under serious consideration, but it appears for now that this has again been rejected. the call for a no flies of the call for these a fighter jets that are referred to as megs. that have been on the grounded poland that potentially could be transferred for use in ukraine. not going to be operational at least for now. now, is that the possibility in the future of the u.

yes and to the u. s. president was very clear that it, it were if it were for him, he would to remove russia from the g 20. but of course, he knows that it needs to be a consensus phase to decision and some g. 20 members are reluctant to remove russia . that is why he suggested that ukraine should be invited to the g 20 meetings or we'll see whether that is going to happen. and today, we expect a joint statement by the european union and the u. s. on energy with the u, as expected to promise to deliver up to 15000000000 cubic meters of liquefied natural gas to the european union until the end of this year to help the u. b. less dependent on liquefied natural gas from russia. t w's brussels bear chief alexander phenomena. good to talk to you. ok, we're keeping an eye on that press conference. we're waiting in brussels, but we want to bring you some sports news now. when a major shock in men's football, european champions, italy will miss november's world cup after losing their play off semi final to north

ah, in 2017, the u. s. air force website announced a tender for the purchase of russian people's biological samples. russian authorities requested clarification of the proposed purpose of the purchase and received an answer from bo downey spokesman for the u. s. air education and training command. the pentagon needs to collect russian biomaterial to continue musculoskeletal system research, re honesty, why they wanted russian data remains unclear, and there was no assurance that it wasn't to help create a bio weapons. no syrup or associates cases, years hiscock, were serious abused to came retail. it american senior, they, yes, nick shook her theater on your fishery in the case of us. oh. should oh, you see, and most of his associates were never punished for their terrific crimes. many opened their own clinics in japan and even one awards shoe. they knew that they nodded new monkwood omega acting, men's i used to look corella, nas, it the you got the got a you, the late. ah, only 12 defendants pleaded guil

when the u. s. s. are parked nuclear armed missiles in cuba, in 1962. the west was ready to blow up the world over it. now, when nato does the same, they expect russia to do differently, though, as the us called on the world. the turning of russia and president biden claims the as ushering in a new world order. are we seeing the world turned their backs on the u. s. instead, and could then new order, the one in which the u. s. is no longer at the top of the food chain in washington . rachel blevins, archie former us diplomat, gym john trust thinks and the american establishment is living in the past. and its prospects for maintaining a unilateral hedge money are questionable. the u. s. is certainly a superpower. the question is whether the u. s. will try to retain its position as the unit polar. as the only superpower that dominates the entire world in a hedge, a monic fashion, or whether it can take a step back to being one of a number of major powers are still living in the 19 ninety's, where the united states is the only voice that matters in the wor

and u. s. firm just bought a shipyard in the philippines might not look like much, just a bankrupt junkyard. well, not quite. the location provides direct access to the south china sea, the main area of china, how, when tensions a message to beijing that we had to stay. and then there's the firm who bought it. the co founder, steve feinberg, is a washington insider having run companies with close ties to the u. s. military. he also apparently has a very keen interest in china. little surprise. it's his sudden that 4th, a shipyard, american, 5 eyes partner australia is also very much on board. the sanction china plan with the countries military's having a few recent brushes. it's also splashing some serious cash to try and stop china's dominance of the minerals market. china currently dominates around 70 to 80 percent of global critical minerals production and continues to consolidate its hold over the supply chains. this initiative is designed to address that dominance that beijing was bullied

and instead of turning to the u. s. for support. well, they're turning to a leader that the u. s. has been years trying to overthrow. that's right. this week officials host is syrian president bashar assad and his 1st visit to the country since 2011. and that's how they say the us hasn't tried to use the current tension through their boards, even noting that the vitamin ministration sent a new batch of weapons to saudi arabia after denying them last year. for pottery viet continue to increase the dominant as it moves away from the us. they are showing that they can live without america. but can the current american economy live without them? in washington, rachel bluff and archie and awake of a vast ramp up of western military support to ukraine on the manufacturer is a both think that there pocketing fantastic profits, german weapons joint wine metal, his bronze, it will pick up in the quote 2 digit 1000000 euro for servicing ukraine's air force helicopters, meanwhile, us that weapons make his shares have already sold 14 percent since the stars up the conflicts on the us fiscal 2

a u. s. president who wanted to take care of the home front, travels to europe, looking to shore up a united front with you when nato allies can either deliver results that helped stem the conflict and its effects. we're asking biden versus put in. can the u. s. stop the war and ukraine.

as the u. s. president now claimed he was just venting his own personal frustration as expressing more outreach. and i feel and i make no apologies with personal blood. my person with another round of negotiations between russian and ukrainian officials is expected on tuesday, and he stumble with turkish officials expressing hope the meeting could lead to a sci fi, humanitarian disaster, and multiple has local residence tied in their basement from continuous shelling. as they tried to cope with a lack of food and water j a with while the global community rushes to help your premiums, humanitarian groups are warning that aid is being diverted from other long running conflicts elsewhere in the world. ah, broadcasting from our studios in moscow, this is our international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us. let's start by recapping the main recent events in the war in ukraine as russian and their allied dumbass troops claimed territorial advances that amid reports the russian milita

he's the first u. s. president who knows ukraine very well as a vice president during the obama years and um he was supporting ukraine militarily for the past years. but it was the trump administration that actually started to arm ukraine in 2018. we have to remember that. thank you very much. soraya during the troop build up in january and february. and we heard this mentioned earlier, biden repeatedly warned that the u. s. did believe a full scale invasion was in the offing. and in fact they provided intelligence information on that at the same time president biden made it clear that there would be no us boots on the ground and no u. s. planes in the air. was he right to rule that out so firmly in advance? and is the u. s. do you think doing enough to support ukraine now? well i think it's a very dangerous dance on a tightrope that that president biden that nato that the west is having to do here. i mean i think it was the correct thing to do because um i agree to disagree with with roman. but i do thin

the u. s. has is it dictates the rules for both policy and condemnation. in fact, just last week, the u. s. declared a genocide of the people in medium are a key member of the southeast asian alliance with some even calling for military intervention. the u. s. government should couple, it's condemnations of mine. mars military with action for too long. the u. s. and other countries have allowed my mars generals to commit atrocities with few real consequences. there have also been tensions with cambodia, which is the chair of the alliance after the u. s and allison arms embargo back in december, claiming it was concerned about the influence of china's military. we urge the cambodian government to make meaningful progress and addressing corruption and human rights abuses and to work to reduce the influence of the p. r. c. military and cambodia, which threatens regional and global security. so washington is sending the message, the nations in the region can't get too close to china or russia, or

when the u. s. s. are parked nuclear armed missiles in cuba, in 1962, the west was ready to blow up the world over it. now, when nato does the same, they expect russia to do differently. so as the u. s. called the world, the turning of russia and president bible claims the as ushering in a new world order. are we seeing the world turn their backs on the u. s. instead, and could then new order, the one in which the u. s. is no longer at the top of the food chain in washington, rachel blevins archie. and while the world's attention is still largely focused on the crisis in ukraine, influential countries and humanitarian organizations appear to have turned a blind eye to the destruction in suffering and other war on areas such as in yemen and me, and mar, made concerns that resources are being diverted from those regions and are in an equally pool for ukraine, actually possibly reports. for weeks now, the world's attention has been focused on ukraine's refugees, while they no doubt face a dia, humanitaria

u. s. as off or other countries tribunal transcript commander in chief of the japanese quinton abbey, yamato, otto, g o. e. she was in a hurry. the red army was advancing too quickly and he didn't want to be captured by russians. prisoners were killed and their bodies destroyed. personnel and valuables were relocated. anything they had to leave behind was burned. most of the facilities were blown up. on august the 19th, 1945, the 1st soviet troops entered the city of hobbin. mm . ah, the 731 camp had already been blown up and all the most important materials removed . but there were still traces of their crimes. soviet troops found ample evidence of the biological warfare units, activities. several unit, 731 personnel were captured along with the quantum army commander in chief and senior military medical service officers. ah meanwhile gerald is he made contact with the americans american us with huge to this memorial now as i to the dial molded. doable. to start the many solo. ne, a kinky d

u. s. and a nato were supporting biological weapons development in ukraine. we hear the key points ah, broadcasting from our studios in moscow. this is our to international. i'm john thomas. certainly glad to have you with us now we start with the latest developments in the ukraine conflict. vladimir put an emphasized in a phone call with french president a manual micron on friday that russia is doing everything it can to ensure the safety of civilians in ukraine, particularly by providing evacuating routes now put an also accused nationalist, ukrainian forces of having committed war crimes in the don bass and issue, he mentioned in a call earlier that day with german chancellor of schultz. while the humanitarian situation in ukraine it remains dire. the un has reported it has deployed its 1st humana, or an aide convoy to the war to the city of su me in the countries northeast. meanwhile, moscow says the lucon republic has now gained control over 90 percent of its territory after pushing b

b, u. s. officials have asserted that russian officials have asked china and military support, military aid in the form of equipment. and in terms of helping to engage in this was something that both moscow and beijing have denied a prison blind and also went on to share his own view. of the war and put forward the u. s. and its allies efforts to stop russia's invasion and presumably tried to get china on board with that. however, we have seen no indication whatsoever that he was successful in this. and in fact, by the end of this call, long as it did last, we've seen no sign whatsoever that china's position has changed. ah, while a spring in our guests for today's inside story in bridging andy market senior research fellow at the center for china and globalization and a professor at b gene foreign studies university in washington, lauren scores a former assistant secretary of defense and a senior fellow at the center for american progress, and in len london, zeno leoni, a lecturer in war stu

the 2nd 1945 in tokyo bank, the board, the american battleship, u. s. s. missouri representing the soviet union general did of jenco also signed the surrender documentable on the u. s. s. missouri general macarthur and admiral nimitz signed on behalf of the usa. the tokyo tribunal soon follows the trial of japanese war criminals. america behaved as if it owned the courtroom after all, japan was in its hands. me hoa, america good unless she hi norma, tanya. let her go there. amaica ganga donna summer. nealon de la cruz. okay. america. debra new and you ah ah. the tokyo tribunal began on may the 3rd 1946. by this time, churchill had already delivered his sinews of peace speech that heralded the cold war and the tokyo tribunal became an arena, prevailed, confrontation between the u. s. great britain and the u. s. s. l u s. representatives refused to review the topic of unit 7. $31.00 ended detachment despite soviet demands the whereabouts of the unit 731 leaders are unknown to us. there are no grounds for charging the unit with wall crimes. cold war and the

the u. s. has opened up diplomatic channels again with crackers recently, or even iran negotiations. they are appearing to head towards a camp, a could pollution over the at that the nuclear deal. if sanctions against one will lifted to could those 2 countries, for instance, at least helped to plug the gap. a can't pluck the gap because what we few take out . russia exports 8000000 barrels a day. that's 8 percent of global daily consumption. and so they can't. and you have seen that opec plus, you know, the opec countries and their 10 allies. which by the way, a lead by russia really can't, can't pump it fast enough and the spare capacity is really spare. it's really sparse. it's, it's, it's not bare except for saudi m. u a and the little bit of it. ok, so that's difficult. now let us look at add them then as willa, yes, obviously they can go and talk to venezuela, and the venezuelans may actually be receptive to talking to them because so far, when they were under sanctions from the u. s, the

and recently the u. s. national. public radio interviewed it's foreign fighters, chief i'm the head of the foreigners fighters will come from you tube as over 30 on, says my group and i want to make a tactical training with them are going to go to the front. so let's talk about the as of the time, despite their new nazi affiliations, there are folded into ukraine's national guard and it seems like a lot of people are coming little to come from below us. yeah, it wasn't something which includes even put in both of them come from united states, germany, switzerland. that was we sent in your group. we had them. it also labeled on the way or us media has routinely profile the neo nazi as of battalion, which is sponsored by the ukranian national guard and has been armed by the u. s. government. we know a lot about the as of battalion because of mainstream media coverage, showing it displaying neo nazi symbols, issuing fashion salutes, making homages to nazi war criminals, such as roman shoe cave. it's your st.

on the u. s. nato side, there has to be a compromise that says we will not allow ukraine to be part of nato. i wish that there were people now like in the, by the ministration saying that i wish they would be saying we've got to get serious about nuclear weapons and the world. it should be terrified right now. that brushes nuclear weapons are on high alert, but it should also be a moment where we say, why haven't we forced the world and the world's leaders who have nuclear weapons to comply with their obligations there now is a nuclear band treaty at the united nations and this should be a moment where we say we demand as a community of people who do not want to see our globe annihilated by nuclear weapons. that there be a serious end to nuclear weapons by all the nuclear states. well, indeed, russia was saying that the ripping up of some of those nuclear goods is part of the reason for the invasion, which as you say, and as the humans agreed, general says, is inexcusable, or was he israel would

while the u. s. p r says additional details of its trade plans in the asia pacific region will come quote in the near future. china is warning of uncertainty regarding foreign trade after exports in the us grew by 16.5 percent last year. as demand from trading partners remains up in the air during the recovery and raw material prices have risen, china's backing on more domestic consumption. but with retail sales only growing by 1.7 percent in december on an annualized basis. well, that remains in question as well. so joining us now to take a deeper look at china trade is boom bus co host christy. i are christy, i want to start with china concerns regarding trey, why is there such uncertainty surrounding external demand after trade contributed heavily to the nation's growth in 2021. i think you actually just said at foreign trade contributed heavily to the nation's growth in 2021. but that's not sustainable. given the global macros and china, given its history of being overly reliant on others and the

b, u. s. officials have asserted that russian officials have asked china and military support, military aid in the form of equipment. and in terms of helping to engage in this was something that both moscow and beijing have denied a prison. blighted, also went on to share his own view of the war and put forward the u. s. and its allies efforts to stop russia's invasion and presumably tried to get china on board with that. however, we have seen no indication whatsoever that he was successful in this. and in fact, by the end of this call, as long as it did last, we see no sign whatsoever that china's position has changed. russia's president vladimir putin has praised the war, new crane as a success. he appeared before launch crunch and moscow who'd gathered to celebrate 8th years since russia annexed crimea, deserves bernard smith's reports from moscow. this was a powerful show of patriotism. in moscow, russia's biggest stadium was filled to its 81000 capacity to celebrate 8 years since the ann

the u. s. of course is denied this, that there are any such programs in ukraine that they're involved with. so this is an attempt to bring that up again. and it was an unexpected call by the russian ambassador yesterday saying they had, quote, new evidence to present to the council. so you're seeing the united states and its allies get out ahead of this and addressed the media in the public. before going into this meeting, again, trying to discredit what they're saying, this is a pattern we've been seeing here at the united nations over the last week or 2. with these dueling narratives between the west and the nato, a line countries and russia, the west attempting to show increasingly that russia is isolated in this situation . i with their statements the back and forth, though with the 2 sides talking at each other, and we heard vaseline to benjie of the russian ambassador yesterday, actually talked about the information war. when he announced this meeting, he said, you know, he of course is a

what this is, is the u. s. president, calling on congress to make this move in coordination with the european union and g 7 nations. and so this is a little different than some of the sanctions that we've seen in recent days and weeks that the u. s. president could do unilaterally through the treasury department, for example, but certainly this is something that is expected to push a had given the sort of bipartisan support for this action and condemnation of russian invasion of ukraine. and what i would do is essentially end russia's status as a most favored nation, which is a classification, the world trade organization. and it would, and sort of, it's a exemption from tariffs on things like caviar and diamonds, as well as gag vodka and gas. and so this would have a tremendous impact. in fact, the u. s. president saying it would really level a crushing blow to russia's economy. and in fact, the u. s. president tweeting just a moment ago that already the.