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To the kremlin� s coffers . Well be getting the view from our man in moscow. There he is, steve rosenberg. And ill also be discussing all of this with a sanctions specialist. There she is, Agathe Demarais from the Economist Intelligence unit. Also on the show, its all about your people from taking on coca cola to flying on board your own spaceship. Im going to be getting the lowdown from self proclaimed Trouble Maker and Global Business magnate sir richard branson. Wherever yourejoining me fro...

have been arrested. now on bbc news, talking business. hello, everybody. a very warm welcome to talking business weekly with me, aaron hazelhurst. lets go take a look at whats on the show. the year the global economy became a battleground for ukraine. can russia stay afloat as sanctions continue to pound the economy? russias economic output is thought to have dropped by around 4% this year. but instead of a short, sharp shock, is this more of a steady decline to the kremlin�*s coffer...

to the kremlin�*s coffers? well be getting the view from our man in moscow. there he is, steve rosenberg. and ill also be discussing all of this with a sanctions specialist. there she is, agathe demarais from the economist intelligence unit. also on the show, its all about your people from taking on coca cola to flying on board your own spaceship. im going to be getting the lowdown from self—proclaimed trouble maker and global business magnate sir richard branson. wherever yourejoi...

Brian Williams examines the days top political stories and current politicalcampaign news. Appears to be dialing up the pressure on other witnesses in the investigation specifically anyone one tied to roger stone, anyone in his orbit. Mueller has a number of stones passed to associates now firmly on his radar tonight. One of them is Andrew Miller is being held in contempt for refusing to testify before a grand jury Hearing Evidence into the russia investigation. Another roger stones associate Kr...

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Perspective, the russian economy is in recession, but also from a technological perspective by restricting russias access to some critical technological components that are found in missiles, for instance. and finally, the third objective is a slow asphyxiation of the russian economy. but if we look at the picture, agathe, i mean, the russian economy, its shrinking. but with much of the fastest growing economies in the world still trading with russia, i mean, are the sanctions really biting? the...

Of these sanctions were? i would say there are three main objectives for sanctions. the first one is to send a diplomatic message of unity and resolve to russia. and i think that this came out very, very clearly from western countries. theyre standing with ukraine and imposing sanctions on russia with a lot of unity and cohesion. the second objective is to weigh on russias ability to wage war in ukraine, both from the economic perspective, the russian economy is in recession, but also from a tec...

To increasingly shrinking since the invasion, and the predictions are for the economy to continue to shrink next year. though by how much? thats the subject of debate. one seeming positive is its current account. thats the difference between the amount of exports and imports. and its doubled to $225 billion between january and november as the goods russia was able to buy or import dried up. but countries were still buying its oil and gas. so how will the sanctions play out as we come up to the s...

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The future of a people, you start to change the trajectory of their prosperity, and you make them dependent on whatevers left in the void of resources and power is whatever power thats standing. and putin is the power thats standing. he wants to put hit foot on the neck of the people that just gather gathe. he wants to rule the world. so the children are a conduit, from what he wants, no it just breaking the will and the spirit, but stopping the future of people. chechnya is an excellent example...