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What is the US Magnitsky Act, and why does Putin hate it? | The Bottom Line

American-born British businessman Bill Browder did not set out to expose Russian money laundering operations and link President Vladimir Putin to those schemes. But after Browder’s Russian lawyer, Sergei Magnitsky, was arrested and found dead in his jail cell, the gloves were off. Browder lobbied Congress for years until the Magnitsky Act was passed in 2012, allowing the United States to sanction individuals suspected of…

What is at stake for the US in Ukraine? | The Bottom :Line

After Russia’s war in Ukraine began on February 24, the West launched a financial attack on the invading country. But as the conflict continues, it is shifting the focus of its support to supplying Ukraine with more and heavier weapons. So is a diplomatic solution still possible, and what is next for the Western response to the Ukraine war? Host Steve Clemons speaks with Mark…

Does the Ukraine war mark the end of globalisation? | The Bottom Line

A perfect storm of circumstances is helping dismantle the global economic system that the United States built over the past few decades. The list of US-sanctioned countries and individuals gets longer all the time. The coronavirus pandemic and supply chain disruptions triggered Americans to wonder why more essential needs were not produced at home. And Biden’s “Buy American” agenda aims to “reshore” jobs and manufacturing…

Can the US avoid direct war with Russia? | The Bottom Line

Washington is imposing harsh sanctions on Russia and supplying Ukraine with weapons, real-time intelligence and humanitarian aid. But the United States refuses to enter into a direct military confrontation with Russia, and Moscow has been careful to not expand the war beyond Ukraine. Will these efforts lead to a ceasefire in the near term, or just create a long, drawn-out war that has no end…

Will Ukraine become Russia’s 'forever war'? | The Bottom Line

Anatol Lieven wrote a book in 1999 warning that, “Any attempt by … Russia or the West to take Ukraine fully into an alliance with either of them would disastrously split Ukraine.” As the war with Ukraine enters its second week, Lieven says that the only solution in sight is for Ukraine to declare itself a neutral country, preventing it from joining any Western-led or…

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