The Senate issued a resolution calling on the Secretary of State to designate Russia as a state sponsor of terrorism. The designation triggers basically two separate buckets of law, one relates to sovereign immunity of Russia. In addition to those penalties, the designation can also result in a range of other nebulous effects that are hard to put your finger on because it's so tied up with stigma.
Six months into its escalation of war with Ukraine, the calls to declare Russia a state sponsor of terror have never been louder. Delaney Simon from the International Crisis Group makes the case against doing so and Kira Rudyk, a member of Ukraine's parliament, says the United States has nothing to lose.
This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Efim Shapiro, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram, who also edited.
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