Besieged: A podcast about Putin’s invasion of Ukraine

E6 - Sanctions on Russia, are we doing them the right way?

Loughborough University Season 1 Episode 6

To avoid direct military intervention in Ukraine, the West has turned to a range of financial and economic sanctions. But what has been done? What are the pluses and minuses? How will these work over the longer term? And can they be made to work better? Economist Professor Alistair Milne explains…
 
Time Stamps - 
 
0:33 – Introduction
1:20 – What is the point of sanction?
6:37 – Why does Putin want more roubles?
7:45 – Will the west sanction Russian gas and oil?
13:50 – Secret sanctions
16:16 – How long will the West keep sanctions in place