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Russia and Ukraine: One Year On

Intelligence Squared

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The Oligarchs Are Being Impacted by the Sanctions Program

There's no question that the oligarchs are being impacted by sanctions. But do you see evidence that this is having impact or maybe it should still be allowed to play out? I'm not aware that oligarchs sitting around the table with Putin at the moment discussing the war in Ukraine, most of them are in London and New York. If they all sink in their yachts, I just don't care. We're talking about Putin,. what affects Putin's attitude to this war? And this war is clearly in his mind, way beyond economics. It's a matter of, there's no existential threat to us. There's an existential threat to Russia as long as he thinks that he

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