doing here. that s work that is going to be necessary to rebuild our infrastructure which is also one of the biggest opportunities we have for job growth moving forward. what you may hear from some corners of criticism is why are we doing this now when we re already in an economic crisis. you look at new mexico where one state is funded by oil and gas. why not let the country get back on its feet before we do this? the issue in new mexico is that somebody reported a bit incorrectly or maybe not as precisely enough that this wasn t about impacting existing permits and fracking. this was about new leases on federal lands. it s an opportunity in the revuf that program to look at the royalty issues, look at the job growth opportunities. look at a variety of things to make sure that public lands are being properly managed. in terms of job issue, we re doing this because our economy is right now stagnant. we have millions of people out of work, out of jobs. millions of people t
president biden says the evidence appears to suggest that russia is committing genocide in ukraine. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court has described the country as a crime scene. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. what will it take to end the waeradimir putin initiated in ukraine? in military terms, russia now seems intent on a grim campaign of attrition in the east and south, a strategy which is already taking a terrible human toll. could economic isolation inflict enough pain to force the kremlin to reconsider? well, my guest is exiled russian economist sergei guriev. is moscow outmanoeuvring the west when it comes to sanctions? sergei guriev, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. and if i may, i m going to start with some of your very own words because recently, you wrote, the only way to stop putin is to deprive him of the financia
well, my guest is exiled russian economist sergei guriev. is moscow outmanoeuvring the west when it comes to sanctions? sergei guriev, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. and if i may, i m going to start with some of your very own words because recently, you wrote, the only way to stop putin is to deprive him of the financial resources to continue this war. that s wishful thinking, isn t it? after six weeks, we can pretty much say that s not going to happen. well, that depends on the resolve of the west and, so far, the unity and resolve of the west has been unprecedented, and that means further steps need to be taken. putin cannot be deterred. he doubles down on his cause of continuing this war. and so, he, if he needs to be stopped, the west is to introduce new sanctions, oil embargo, oil and gas embargo in europe, or very high taxes on russian oil and gas to make sure that putin doesn t
where a man opened fire on commuters on tuesday morning. ten people were wounded. a major manhunt is under way. now on bbc news, it s hardtalk with stephen sackur. welcome to hardtalk, i m stephen sackur. what will it take to end the waeradimir putin initiated in ukraine? in military terms, russia now seems intent on a grim campaign of attrition in the east and south, a strategy which is already taking a terrible human toll. could economic isolation inflict enough pain to force the kremlin to reconsider? well, my guest is exiled russian economist sergei guriev. is moscow outmanoeuvring the west when it comes to sanctions? sergei guriev, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. and if i may, i m going to start with some of your very own words because recently, you wrote, the only way to stop putin is to deprive him of the financial resources to continue this war. that s wishful thinking, isn t it
well, my guest is exiled russian economist sergei guriev. is moscow outmanoeuvring the west when it comes to sanctions? sergei guriev, in paris, welcome to hardtalk. thank you very much, stephen, for inviting me. it s a pleasure to have you on the show. and if i may, i m going to start with some of your very own words because recently, you wrote, the only way to stop putin is to deprive him of the financial resources to continue this war. that s wishful thinking, isn t it? after six weeks, we can pretty much say that s not going to happen. well, that depends on the resolve of the west and, so far, the unity and resolve of the west has been unprecedented, and that means further steps need to be taken. putin cannot be deterred. he doubles down on his cause of continuing this war. and so, he, if he needs to be stopped, the west is to introduce new sanctions, oil embargo, oil and gas embargo in europe, or very high taxes on russian oil and gas to make sure that putin doesn t