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Business Matters: The US imposes sanctions on Russia

The US imposes sanctions on Russia

03/03/2021 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, The US imposes sanctions on Russia

The US has imposed sanctions over the poisoning of Alexei Navalny

The US has imposed sanctions on senior Russian officials over the poisoning of opposition leader Alexei Navalny

The US measures, which target Russia's top spy and six others, are being co-ordinated with similar moves by the European Union and we get details from Barbara Plett-Usher, the BBC's State Department Correspondent. Plus, we hear Reddit’s chief executive Steve Huffman talk about recent controversies involving the social media network. And the International Energy Agency says global CO2 levels are rising after a fall in 2020. Timothy Goodson is one of the report's lead authors and explains why we're seeing this trend, after reductions caused by the pandemic last year. Plus, a Nike vice president has resigned after ties to her son's limited edition trainer resale business were revealed. We hear about the lucrative market from Tahsin Sabir, who is a collector. And joining us throughout the programme are Alexis Goldstein, an activist and financial reform advocate in Washington and Stefanie Yuen Thio, Joint Managing Partner at TSMP Law in Singapore. 

(Picture: Alexei Navalny by Mikhail Svetlov for Getty Images)

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