June 29, 2022
Russia's sanctions, graded
Russia has been the target of sanctions for more than four months, ever since it started invading Ukraine back in February. And in fact, this past week, the G-7 just slapped a new sanction on Russia banning all imports of gold from the country. But how successful are all of these sanctions? Rachel Ziemba, Adjunct Senior Fellow at CNAS, joins NPR to discuss.
Listen to the full conversation from NPR.
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