--- description: White House blames Russian Economic Stagnance on Putin title: White House: Putin Is Breaking Economic Promise To His People image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ab501e8406a822b/69868cb855a859859ba808bb/0427sunday_1280.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [russia](/tag/russia/) ## russia Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # White House Adviser: Putin Is Breaking Economic Promise by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 4:52 PM CUT  Tony Blinken took to the Sunday shows to claim Putin isn't delivering the economic growth he promised Russia. Tony Blinken took to the Sunday shows to claim Putin isn't delivering the economic growth he promised Russia. by [Harry Swartout](/author/harry-swartout/) ## Harry Swartout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 27, 2014 4:52 PM CUT While hitting the morning shows to talk about the economic sanctions against Russia, White House National Security Adviser Tony Blinken pointed the finger squarely at Russian President Vladimir Putin. “He had a compact with his people and the compact was this. ‘I’ll deliver economic growth for you if you remain politically compliant.’ Right now he’s not delivering growth,” said Blinkin on CNN’s _State of the Union._ The U.S. and other Western powers have placed economic sanctions on Russia in response to continued turmoil in Ukraine they believe is being fueled by Moscow’s support. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/78466/white-house-putin-promise/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/78466/white-house-putin-promise/"},"headline":"White House Adviser: Putin Is Breaking Economic Promise","datePublished":"2014-04-27T16:52:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:31:26.656Z","description":"White House blames Russian Economic Stagnance on Putin","url":"https://time.com/78466/white-house-putin-promise/","keywords":["russia","Ukraine","White House","Obama","Washington","Vladimir Putin"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ab501e8406a822b/69868cb855a859859ba808bb/0427sunday_1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Harry Swartout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/harry-swartout/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7ab501e8406a822b/69868cb855a859859ba808bb/0427sunday_1280.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"White House Says Putin Economically Letting Russia Down","caption":"Tony Blinken took to the Sunday shows to claim Putin isn't delivering the economic growth he promised Russia.","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/russia/","name":"russia"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/78466/white-house-putin-promise/","name":"White House Adviser: Putin Is Breaking Economic Promise"}}]}] ```