Putin has not shown to me or to anything I've read any sign of being influenced by these economic sanctions. Sanctions are a rich man's game and the poor suffer, it's just appalling what sanctions have done to doesn't,. at least a dozen countries around the world, which have been had the sanctions inflicted on them. Money is not the issue here, but for the millions of Russians who are suffering, it very much is. All studies of sanctions show that they hurt the poor most.
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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