Russia’s security services arrested an American reporter with the Wall Street Journal in Moscow on Thursday. Evan Gershkovich was hit with espionage charges by Russia’s government — a first for a US correspondent since the Cold War. Host Carol Hills speaks with Rachel Ziemba, an adjunct senior fellow with the Center for New American Security, about a subject Evan tackled before his arrest: the state of Russia’s economy since its invasion of Ukraine.
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