Since Russia invaded Ukraine, a barrage of international sanctions have been placed on large sections of Russia’s government, oligarchs and overall economy. The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Richard Nephew, a researcher with the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University, about how the sanctions work and what impacts they’ll have on ordinary Russians and oligarchs alike.
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