of food, gas and other commodities. the e. u has also taken an economic hit with costs of services, housing and public utilities, particularly energy seeing large rises. i know in flood soon, inflation in 2022 is not only an issue in germany, but in many parts of the world, the comparison of the preliminary inflation rates shows a high inflation rate is not a national phenomenon. all countries in your area are also burdened with this at the beginning of 2023. for more details we crossed now to jack ross, miss professor of economics and politics at st. mary's college of california. good morning. how says near is, is this latest package of sanctions in comparison to the previous measures taken? well, it looks like pretty much more the same. i think this like the 11th the 12th version of the sanctions. you described them in general and pretty much what they been doing. but if, if there are anything like the previous iterations, it's not going to have that much effect. it appears on the rushes economy, you know, the whole purpose is sanctioned. in the nie a country access to a revenues through exports or to credit markets, or whatever