russian economy

In Russia inflation is under control, wages are on the up and supposedly tough sanctions have been successfully skirted. Why is the pariah economy proving so resilient? Despite the nasty rhetoric of many of its politicians, Britain has turned out to be quite good at assimilating immigrants (09:29). And how lorries can be electrified faster (19:11).

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Russians go to the polls today in the first presidential election since their country invaded Ukraine two years ago.

The war was expected to carry a steep cost for President Vladimir V. Putin. Valerie Hopkins, who covers Russia for The Times, explains why the opposite has happened.

Guest: Valerie Hopkins, an international correspondent for The New York Times.

Background reading: 

• Mr. Putin, in pre-election messaging, was less strident on nuclear war.
• What to know about Russia’s 2024 presidential vote.

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The EU is set to import record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia this year, asset management firm Grayscale won a US court ruling to launch an exchange traded fund tracking bitcoin, and Goldman Sachs has used a fund set up with Chinese state money to buy a series of US and UK companies.  

Mentioned in this podcast:

EU imports record volumes of liquefied natural gas from Russia

Grayscale scores major court win against SEC on bitcoin ETF 

Goldman Sachs bought UK and US companies using Chinese state funds

Job market slowdown fuels bets Fed will hold fire on rates this year

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Day 539.

Today, we discuss an array of stories: from the fallout of Kyiv’s recapture of Urozhaine, sightings of modified British Challenger 2 tanks on the frontline, and the long term implications of the largely forgotten Russo-Georgian War, which took place 15 years ago last week.

Contributors:

Francis Dearnley (Host, Assistant Comment Editor). @FrancisDearnley on Twitter.

Nataliya Vasilyeva (Russia Correspondent). @Nat_Vasilyeva on Twitter.

James Kilner (Foreign Correspondent). @JKJourno on Twitter.

Hamish De Bretton-Gordon (Former Tank commander). @HamishDBG on Twitter.

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Sam Harris speaks with Ian Bremmer about the ongoing war in Ukraine. They discuss the current state of the war, the power of sanctions, Biden's "gaffe" about regime change, fear of nuclear war, the logic of mutually assured destruction, the role of China, the most likely outcomes of the war, and other topics.

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