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. Hello and welcome to another episode of Politics Theory Other, a podcast from Tribune magazine.

My name is Alex Doherty and my guest today is James Medway. We talked about the economic

sanctions imposed on Russia in response to the Putin regime's James Medway. We talked about the economic sanctions imposed on Russia

in response to the Putin regime's invasion of Ukraine. We discussed the special significance

of targeting the Russian central bank and the likely consequences for the Russian economy.

We also talked about the extraordinary dangerousness of the situation, given the raising of the

alert status of Russia's nuclear forces, and the

apparent absence of any face-saving way in which Vladimir Putin could de-escalate.

We also talked about China's gradual distancing from Russia since the start of the invasion.

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