BBCNEWS HARDtalk June 4, 2024 03:34:00
But just to stick with the sanctions as they currently exist, you did write this a few weeks ago. you did write, "they're more extreme than i ever imagined, even more than perhaps i would have asked for based on what i thought the west was capable of." and you seem there to be particularly focused on the measures taken against a host of so—called oligarchs, these huge multibillionaire businessmen who have had long association with vladimir putin. do you think you overestimated the impact the sanctions on the oligarchs would have? well, so, first of all, why are oligarchs important? the oliga...
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