Punishing Putin: Inside The Global Economic War To Bring Down Russia

  • Author: Stephanie Baker
  • Narrator: Jennifer Jill Araya
  • Publisher: Simon & Schuster
  • Duration: 12:40:48
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Synopsis

An in-depth, authoritative, and timely look at the unprecedented economic war the US and its European allies are waging against Russia after Putin’s invasion of Ukraine—written by a veteran journalist with unparalleled access to Western and Russian sources.

Undeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale assault on Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In the hours that followed across the world, Western leaders weaponized economic tools to counter an unprecedented land grab by a nuclear-armed power. What followed was an undeniably world-changing financial experiment that risked throwing the world into a devastating recession. The end goal was simple: to sap the strength of Putin’s war machine and damage the Russian economy—once the eleventh largest on the planet. Here, Russian expert and veteran journalist Stephanie Baker explains in fascinating detail how this furious shadow-war unfolded: its causes, how it is being executed, and its ability to affect Russia and the course of history.

From seizing superyachts to manipulating the global price of oil to trying to block the sale of military technology to Russia, we learn how the White House coordinated with top officials in London and Brussels to freeze a staggering $300 billion in foreign currency reserves accumulated in the West by Russia’s central bank. Mobilizing an army of white collar-crime investigators and experts on international law, Baker explores how the West has cracked down on illicit Russian money by targeting oligarchs, one superyacht at a time, and their enablers around the world.

Filled with propulsive, fly-on-the-wall details, Punishing Putin takes us into the frantic backroom deliberations that led to a whole new era of carefully calculated “economic statecraft” and shows how these new strategies are already radically rearranging global alliances that will influence the world order today, and for generations to come.

Chapters

  • 001 PunishingPutin Open

    Duration: 43s
  • 002 PunishingPutin TheEconomicWarBegins Prologue WeAreComingForYourSuperyacht

    Duration: 24min
  • 003 PunishingPutin TheEconomicWarBegins Chapter1 AttackingFortressRussia

    Duration: 01h40s
  • 004 PunishingPutin TheEconomicWarBegins Chapter2 HuntingRussianKleptocrats

    Duration: 56min
  • 005 PunishingPutin FromOligarchsToTheRiseOfPutin Chapter3 DemocracyDerailed

    Duration: 01h06min
  • 006 PunishingPutin FromOligarchsToTheRiseOfPutin Chapter4 PutinsCalculus

    Duration: 01h01min
  • 007 PunishingPutin FromOligarchsToTheRiseOfPutin Chapter5 OligarchsInAmerica

    Duration: 55min
  • 008 PunishingPutin LoopholesDivestmentsAndTheirDiscontents Chapter6 MicrochipMonte

    Duration: 01h05min
  • 009 PunishingPutin LoopholesDivestmentsAndTheirDiscontents Chapter7 CorporateHostages

    Duration: 01h38s
  • 010 PunishingPutin LoopholesDivestmentsAndTheirDiscontents Chapter8 HowToSellASoccerClub

    Duration: 47min
  • 011 PunishingPutin FollowTheMoneyAndTheOilIfYouCan Chapter9 CyprusTheTrojanHorse

    Duration: 37min
  • 012 PunishingPutin FollowTheMoneyAndTheOilIfYouCan Chapter10 AGlitteringMoscowOnTheGulf

    Duration: 39min
  • 013 PunishingPutin FollowTheMoneyAndTheOilIfYouCan Chapter11 CappingPutinsWarPremium

    Duration: 01h02min
  • 014 PunishingPutin WaitingForTheEndGame Chapter12 FreezingLondongrad

    Duration: 55min
  • 015 PunishingPutin WaitingForTheEndGame Chapter13 WillRussiaPay

    Duration: 37min
  • 016 PunishingPutin WaitingForTheEndGame Epilogue

    Duration: 27min
  • 017 PunishingPutin Close

    Duration: 47s