Countries push to stop Russian exports of diamonds

The World

Russia is one of the top producers of diamonds in the world. In an effort to choke off a source of hard currency helping to fund the war in Ukraine, there’s a push to label them “conflict diamonds.” The World’s Daniel Ofman reports on international efforts to reclassify them.

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