This is CBS I on the world. I'm John Batler.

Welcoming Michael Bernstam at the Hoover Institution, my guide on sanctions on Russia, the Russian Federation, during the Ukraine

predation.

We're looking at the Russian economy boasting and then, Michael, a very good evening to you, I go to an item from the Financial

Times in these last days, seized frozen Russian assets before U.S. election, says the Prime Minister of Estonia, Kaja Kales, the Prime

Minister, by the way, was threatened by the Kremlin, I think just a week past putting her on a wanted

list Estonia is a marvel of digitalization I believe the government is the only

one in the world that's completely digitalized to its citizens

about a million people, but it's feeling threatened all the time by the Russian Federation.

And now the Prime Minister, with the backing of the the we can before important elections.

Seizing the assets, we've been to this story before, Michael.

There's either 300 billion or 350 billion, I lose count of Russian assets in possession of the Western banks.

Seizing those assets would immediately trigger all kinds of problems in all directions

countries seizing other assets.

We have said before it's not a good idea,

but the idea keeps coming back.

Is it getting more realistic?

Good evening to you, Michael. Good evening to you, Michael.

Good evening to you, the idea is coming back because Western governments are scrambling.

They cannot provide sufficient support to Ukraine.

They consider it the most important, the most dangerous war since World War II, and they

cannot find the money.

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