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Apr 19, 2022 • 7min
How sanctions could destabilize Russia's 'system of corruption'
Alex Finley, a former CIA officer who's tracking super-yachts used by oligarchs, explains what sanctions against Russia mean for the country's super-rich.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 18, 2022 • 5min
Ukrainian civilians living close to the frontlines say they feel trapped
Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians are still living close to the front lines as Russia readies another offensive. Here's how people are surviving in the city of Mykoliav.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 18, 2022 • 3min
Overnight missile strikes have killed at least 7 in Lviv, Ukraine
Missiles struck cities all across Ukraine overnight, including in the western city of Lviv, where at least 7 people were killed. The town had been relatively peaceful for weeks.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 18, 2022 • 4min
Is Russia's oil drilling in jeopardy?
Russia has long planned on expanding its oil drilling in the Arctic. But that relies on help from companies that are now pulling back because of the war in Ukraine.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 18, 2022 • 7min
The U.S. and the International Criminal Court
Why doesn't the U.S. recognize the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court? NPR's Michel Martin speaks with John Bellinger III, a former legal adviser for the National Security Council.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 15, 2022 • 11min
What do Russians think of the war? Jews who fled Ukraine reflect on Passover
How a pollster in Russia is gauging public opinion about the war in Ukraine. And the Passover story is about displacement and the search for a promised land. It has special resonance for Jews who escaped the fighting in Ukraine and are now scattered across the world.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 15, 2022 • 10min
What sanctions feel like in Russia, The 'butcher of Syria' takes command
President Vladimir Putin said in a speech that the "blitzkrieg" of sanctions has failed. He said sanctions are disruptive — but they present Russia with opportunities to become more self-reliant. So how are ordinary Russians feeling? Russia has just tapped Gen. Aleksandr Dvornikov to leading its forces. He's known for leading Russia's brutal campaign in Syria's civil war in 2015. But the conflict in Ukraine is vastly different.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 14, 2022 • 12min
What happened to the Moskva warship? The story of one refugee family
Ukraine says a Russian warship in the Black Sea has been "seriously damaged" by a Ukrainian missile attack. Russia's Ministry of Defense says something very different happened onboard. What do we know so far? And More than four and half million Ukrainians are now refugees. A few hundred have made it to the United States. We meet a Ukrainian refugee and her two children who made that journey.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 14, 2022 • 10min
Investigating possible Russian war crimes, The aftermath of a Russian siege
The U.S. and European allies have accused Russia of war crimes in Ukraine. The Biden administration says it's helping Ukraine investigate. How? And Russia left death and destruction in towns north of Kyiv. What is life like now in one of those towns? Our team travels to Borodyanka.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Apr 13, 2022 • 13min
Will the 'Iron Curtain' fall again? Remembering Putin's charm offensive in Texas
Relations between Russia and Europe seem to be changed for good. That's having ripple effects along the thousand miles of Russia's border with the EU, including a Norwegian border town that had prided itself on good relations with Russia. And Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes it hard to remember that decades ago, Vladimir Putin was on a charm offensive with the West. One stop was Crawford, Texas, with then-President George W. Bush.Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
