markus karlsson is here. we are looking at the prospect of tougher sanctions on russia. >> russian officials say that european sanctions have had limited effect on the russian economy so far. a russian minister was quoted on wednesday saying that the current measures are peanuts in comparison with what took place during soviet times. to be preparing new sanctions over the crisis in ukraine. they will draw up a new list of .easures it is expected to be unveiled on thursday. i spoke to a consultant earlier and asked her what she is expecting on thursday. >> we already know these are not going to be brought sanctions that have so much been talked about in recent days. these are still going to be at the level of targeted sanctions, but including various russian commercial entities. we can expect them to be in seminal sectors, defense, finance, energy. various european countries are concerned about being disproportionately hit by a political stance but that you now needs to take -- that the e.u. now needs to take