LEE KRAMER'S ROOM: With Views

[Monksdream]

It isn't necessarily about the sanctions, that we know. It is also about geopolitical sanctions outside of monetary punishment. All intended, as we know, to isolate Russia from the rest of the planet.

A Bloomberg radio report earlier this afternoon from NYT columnist Richard Bernstein, who was quoted as saying if the ruble doesn't exist, the country doesn't exist.