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Ep. № 58 - The new Russian attack on Ukraine: Is it real? - with James Sherr

Explaining Ukraine

CHAPTER

The Russian Economy Is Not Strong, but It Can Be

Sceptical about new economic and financial sanctions being discussed. Wants word 'sanitine' dropped from vocabulary, as it has all the power of an anaesthetic. Says russians have a strong pain threshold with regard to major national interests. If man is advancing on you with gun, you don't deal with that by robbing his bank account.

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