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Podcast: Fault Lines
Episode: Episode 518: Russia Round Up: Sanctions, Strategy, and the Next Phase of Pressure
Description: Today, Jess, Martha, Les, and Matt break down the newest wave of U.S. sanctions targeting Russian oil exports — measures designed to cut off Russia’s funding for war in Ukraine. The package includes new secondary sanctions aimed at major buyers like India and China. India is signaling a possible rethink of its Russian oil purchases, Europe is weighing the use of frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine, and — for the first time in months — the U.S. and its allies seem aligned on a tougher, coordinated economic strategy.Will this escalation of targeting Russia’s oil export...