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Business Matters: US considers offering Ukraine $1 billion in sovereign loan guarantees

US considers offering Ukraine $1 billion in sovereign loan guarantees

15/02/2022 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, US considers offering Ukraine $1 billion in sovereign loan guarantees

The US has also threatened sanctions against Russia if there is an invasion.

The G7 group of nations has reiterated that it is ready to impose sanctions on Russia - if it sends troops over the border.

Amid warnings from the West that time really is running out, the G7 group of nations has reiterated that it is ready to impose sanctions on Russia if it sends troops over the border; we hear from Anders Aslund, senior fellow at the Stockholm Free World Forum and an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University. Greed is considered one of the seven deadly sins, and of all of those sins it is one of the few that people will rarely admit to. But where would western capitalism be without it? The BBC's Elizabeth Hotson has been taking a look at whether it is a good thing. Plus, authorities in New Zealand have been trying to disperse anti-vaccine protesters from outside the country's parliament and hit upon a plan to play Barry Manilow's greatest hits on a loop. The protestors were tougher than they thought, so they upped the anti and started playing Baby Shark (Doo Doo Doo) and when that failed belted out James Blunt's 2005 hit, You're Beautiful. It seems even under this barrage of sound, protesters have not been moved, with hundreds still remaining outside parliament. We discuss which records you just can't stand.

Throughout the programme Jamie Robertson is joined by Jasper Kim in Seoul and Takara Small from Toronto.

Picture: Ukrainians take part in a military training for residents. Credit: Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

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