Claim: "The sanctions that we put on  for the Crimea annexation and meddling in Ukraine ... have absolutely crushed the ruble by 50 percent. And GDP from 2014 to 2016 is 50 percent down in Russia, as well."
Fact-check: U.S. sanctions alone didn't crush Russian economy
Verdict: half-true
Organisation: PolitiFact
Author: Lauren Carroll
Date published: 2017-02-21T00:00:00