Russian President Vladimir Putin's 'Oligarchs'

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Author Catherine belton believes sanctions will have an impact on russia's leaders. Belton suggests he may be motivated by sanctions, though ukraine's president Vladimir zalinski down played his influence. One of the things we love to do here at the news briefing is talk to our amazing markets editor kitty martin. She joined the f t seven years ago and she still feels slightly new. We're offering a 50 % discount for a standard subscription to f t dot com. That's a hundred and 87 us dollars, half the cost of a standard subscription. Lats f t dotcom slash briefing sale. Make sure you check back to morrow for the latest business news.

SoftBank will slow down further investments amid a scramble for cash, journalist and “Putin’s People” author Catherine Belton talks about the impact sanctions are having on Russian oligarchs. Plus, the FT’s Frankfurt bureau chief, Martin Arnold, talks about Russia’s threat to halt gas shipments to Germany and what that could do to the German economy.

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