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
On this episode of the podcast we look back on one year of Russia’s war in Ukraine by revisiting 10 Intelligence Squared conversations over the past 12 months with historians, politicians, journalists, military, security, and defence experts. From questioning the effectiveness of economic sanctions and the likelihood of nuclear weapon use, to analysing the rise of Vladimir Putin in modern Russia, join us on this retrospective Intelligence Squared episode with producers Hannah Kaye, Conor Boyle, and Catharine Hughes.
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