The sanctions make these ureaus and dollars that russia is earning from energy exports worthless. The real irony is that by blocking a lot of the supply of commodities, we're actually creating extra shortages on world markets. Still, it's a really kind of, you know, creating a problem in one way in order to then solve it somewhere else.
Sophie Pinkham and Nick Mulder on the war, its origins, how it’s being experienced by Ukrainians, Russians, Europeans, and Americans—and also its geopolitical and global economic ramifications, particularly sanctions.
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