So Vladimir Putin's done his own economic harm and that will continue regardless what the west does. And by the way, and the reality is, because sanctions are double edged sword, mutually harmful, I don't believe the west will ever have the will to impose the kind of sanctions that will affect [Putin's] calculus. whatsoever. So we can talk about them. I don't believe they're going to be imposed. And by the way, it's maybe not a bad thing. (01:38–01:43)
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Asserts that the West lacks the will to impose effective sanctions on Putin.
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