The unprovoked attack of Russia on Ukraine is imposing unimaginable human suffering on the Ukrainian people. It's also seriously disrupting the global economy.
I spent most of last week in Washington at IMF meetings, G7 meetings and G20 meetings. The war really weighed on those meetings in two dimensions. One, this is a shock on top of COVID—it's a shock on top of a shock. It is a catastrophic shock for the Ukrainian economy. It's affecting economies in Europe, but it's rippling around the world. Two, it's also weighing on the global order. We went to Washington to meet with the IMF, the G20, to foster economic co-operation, to manage risks, and Russia is sitting at the table. The very source of this massive disturbance, this unjustified war, is sitting at the table.
The fact that I was sanctioned is just a trivial, minor consequence of this.