#RUSSIA: Confiscation back on the table. Michael Bernstam, Hoover
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🗓️ 2 February 2024
⏱️ 10 minutes
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#RUSSIA: Confiscation back on the table. Michael Bernstam, Hoover
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/01/world/europe/russia-antiwar-exiles.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
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| 0:00.0 | We all have a fire inside us. It gives us energy and spirit to do the things we love. |
| 0:06.0 | Every morning we get to feed that fire and set ourselves up for the day with a warming |
| 0:10.8 | and satisfying bowl of Quaker oats. |
| 0:13.0 | Because when we feed it right, when it's fully ablaze, |
| 0:18.0 | we can take on anything the day might bring. |
| 0:20.0 | Feed more than just your body. |
| 0:24.6 | Feed the fire inside. |
| 0:27.6 | Quaker oats. This is a |
| 0:41.0 | CBS I and the world. I'm John Bachelor watching the Russian economy under severe sanctions we're told the axis of resistance we're told, the axis of resistance we're told, Michael Bernstom is here, my guide on |
| 0:47.2 | Russia's economy in wartime, winter, the third winter coming the end of the second year, and a surprising |
| 0:55.4 | development from the International Monetary Fund. |
| 0:58.0 | Vladimir Putin's massive war spending in Ukraine, this is the telegraph reporting |
| 1:02.4 | from London, will boost the Russian economy |
| 1:06.1 | as the International Monetary Fund upgraded the country's growth prospects by more than any other |
| 1:11.7 | large country. |
| 1:13.2 | The IMF now expects Russia's economy to grow by 2.6% in 24, more than double its previous |
| 1:20.0 | forecast of 1.1. |
| 1:22.4 | The upgrade is likely to be a blow to the west. Well, it is in need of explanation. |
| 1:28.8 | Michael, I come to you, you will recall that wonderful story where a bagel shop was converted |
| 1:34.9 | into war munitions I think they're boast about it now and again and I'm told by a |
| 1:40.7 | colleague in Moscow that everything's for the front. Everybody's involved, there's not enough |
| 1:46.4 | workforce, they're drafting people who are coming from Siberia and other parts of the former |
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