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Since russia invaded ukraine nearly two months ago now, the u.s. and its allies have been seizing the financial assets of russian oligarchs hoping to put the squeeze not only on them but on vladimir putin as well. two days ago, germany seized a superyacht with an estimated value of nearly a billion dollars. there it is. on thursday, ukraine announced it had confiscated 154 properties, including homes, cars, and yachts from the family of a ukrainian mogul with close ties to putin. question is, is it working? is the financial pressure working? i'm joined by professor of sociology at dartmouth, a...

Dartmouth university. also the author of "capital without borders." we saw that video just played showing the yacht being protested. how much of a factor is social stigma to these oligarchs? >> i think it's a huge and kind of underappreciated factor. and before o-brohm vich was sanked anywhere, he was making noises about selling his prized chelsea football club, but donating the proceeds to helping the ukrainians. >> "the wall street journal" is reporting president zelenskyy asked president biden and others not to sanction him because he could be a valuable go-between. do you think that's some...

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