"But threats from the West to sanction the financial assets of Russian oligarchs may not be as effective a tool as some analysts may have suggested, Wilson said.
“Make no doubt that the Kremlin holds all the power in the country now, not the oligarchs — even though the oligarchs have the money — there’s a very important quid-pro-quo between the oligarch’s and Kremlin.
Putin basically said, I’ll let you keep your money and return you never delve in politics and if you do I’ll take your money away and put you in jail,” he explained.
“Russians view Obama as extremely weak.
They didn’t like [George W.] Bush but they respected him, they knew he would use force … they have no respect for Obama and they view him as an extremely weak leader, almost laughable.”
Therefore, any sanctions on Russia need to deal a severe blow to Putin."
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