I don't gave a damn about suffering oligarchs. I know one or two actually, and they're not suffering that much,. But, i mean, if they all sink in their yachts, i just don't care. What affects petin'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 axcidential threat to russia, he thinks. He will behave as if it is an exetential threat. That's the threats of the menace. If we really think roposed the wes to go in there and stop him doing it,
Banks, energy suppliers and oligarchs are just some of the targets that sanctions enforced by the West are looking to put pressure on in order to halt Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine. In this edition of The Sunday Debate, we ask how effective the financial freeze caused by sanctions can be in comparison to the potential impact of a fully fledged military intervention. Joining us is Bill Browder, Head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign, and Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins. Chairing the debate is journalist and broadcaster Philippa Thomas.
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