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On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

The economic front in Russia's war against Ukraine

On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti

WBUR

Talk Show, News, On Point, Daily, Npr

4.33.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 March 2022

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

The international community may not be sending soldiers. But does isolation from the global economy constitute a form of economic war against Russia?

Patricia Cohen, Josh Lipsky and Timothy Frye join Meghna Chakrabarti.

Transcript

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0:52.0

This is on point.

0:53.0

I'm Begna Chakrabardi.

0:54.6

Hourly developments in the Russian invasion of Ukraine on multiple fronts, on the ground

1:00.0

and on the economic front as Europe and the United States continue to ratchet up financial penalties on Russia.

1:07.2

Russian oil is the next big target and the Biden administration has made a sudden about face.

1:13.6

On Thursday last week, White House press secretary Jen Saki said the Biden administration

1:18.8

would not sanction Russian oil.

1:21.0

We don't have a strategic interest in reducing the global supply of energy.

1:25.9

That would raise prices at the gas pump for the American people around the world

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