This is a

This is CBS I on the world with John Bachelor.

Here's John Bachelor

Watching the Russian economy under severe sanctions and, according to informants,

prospering or growing quite unexpectedly

surging everything for the front all defense all the time full employment there are lots of things to be said

however what is fixed is what about the $300 billion of assets

that are outside of Russia's reach right now in possession of supervision by

the EU, by NATO, by the US, by the finance ministers of the world.

Michael Bernstab, he is at the Hoover Institution, he is also my guide on the Russian economy under severe sanctions.

Michael, it's back every time we deal with, what about the $300 billion and say,

this is not a good idea confiscation can be overused and by the way

there will be consequences if you start confiscating right now because in

future it will be cited as a precedent. However, that has not in

any way stemmed the suggestions. Janet Yellen, you tell me, speaks up at a meeting of

finance ministers in Brazil and then most

important to me the president of the European Commission Ms. Vanderline

speaks up saying yes we must look at it, not only the money for reconstruction of Ukraine, but the windfall

profits of the $300 billion to be used for war fighting, for ammunition.

Michael, they're moving the story very quickly.

What again is it that they're debating, especially this term windfall profits?

What is that Michael? Good evening to you and the third

...