Tag: russian sanctions
The financial war against Putin and the oligarchs | Bill Browder
"Vladimir Putin values money more than human life. He's come after me in a big way, threatened me with death, with kidnapping, issued eight Interpol arrest warrants for me." The West needs to take a harder stand against Putin's allies, Bill Browder tells...
The battle lines were redesigned in Ukraine 200 days after the invasion of Russia.
As the war in Ukraine reaches 200 days, Ukrainian forces staging a massive counteroffensive in the eastern region of Kharkiv have taken back large swaths of territory previously under Russian control. Tonight, Russia retaliated by attacking the region’s p...
How long until sanctions on Russia bite? | Bill Browder
"It's extremely expensive, extremely painful but what Putin wants instead is for us to say, okay, you can have Ukraine, we're going to end our sanctions." Sanctions will have an effect on Putin eventually but only if we are consistent, says Bill Browder.
How are sanctions affecting Russia?
"We've seen quite significant pressure on the Russian economy." After Putin says the economic sanctions put in place by the West are 'not impacting' Russia, #TimesRadio asks Professor Samuel Greene, director of the Russian Institute at King's College Lond...