Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that Russia should not be allowed to remain a part of leading intergovernmental organizations, arguing that the US should impose even greater costs on Russian President Vladimir Putin for invading Ukraine.
The former first lady told Chuck Todd that the upcoming G20 summit should be off limits to Russia.
She said she wouldn't allow Russia back into the organizations that it has been a part of. I wouldn't allow Russia to attend.
She hoped there would be a boycott if they insisted on showing up. The only way to end the bloodshed and the terror that we are seeing unleashed in Ukraine is to impose even greater costs on Putin.
Clinton pointed to Russia's oil exports to nations around the world as an example of how Russia's economy could be deepened.
There are more banks that can be taken out of the so-called SWIFT relationship. Some of our strongest allies in Europe are desperately trying to get out of their dependence on Russian energy.
She said that they need to speed it up. I know that the Biden administration is looking at more deliveries of natural gas. I think it's time to double down on the pressure.
In February, the US, Canada, and its European allies agreed to block Russian banks from using the dominant system for global financial transactions.
Clinton, who served as the nation's top diplomat from 2009 to 2013 under President Barack Obama, agreed with the Secretary of State that the US would continue to back Ukrainian efforts against Russian forces.
She said that it was the right position for the United States, Europe, and the West.
She said that the focus should be on protecting and defending the Ukrainian people's right to be a free, democratic nation and protect their sovereignty.
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