Q&A: Peace deadlines, US sanctions and Russia's threat to Finland
Your questions answered following Monday’s Trump-Putin call
Does Trump understand Putin’s motives? Can Western sanctions actually threaten Russia’s economy? Are Russian troops really amassing at Finland’s border - and how worried should we be about that?
Those are some of the questions you’ve sent us in over the last week and in this episode, Lucy and Vitaly are joined by James and ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ news presenter Sumi Somaskanda to try and answer them.
Today’s episode is presented by Lucy Hockings and Vitaly Shevchenko.
The producer was Laurie Kalus. The technical producer was Mike Regaard. The series producer is Tim Walklate. The senior news editor is Sam Bonham.
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