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
police in new york arrest the suspected gunman behind tuesday s subway shooting, bringing to an end a 24 hour manhunt. in the uk, a government minister quits after borisjohnson becomes the first sitting prime ministerfound to have broken the law. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 7am in singapore, and 2am in mariupol where russia is claiming more than 1,000 ukrainian troops have surrendered. but kyiv says the beseiged southern port city is still in its control. gaining full control of mariupol would be a major win for moscow, creating a land bridge between crimea which russia illegally annexed in 2014 and areas held by russian led separatists in the donbas region. it would enable thousands of troops to be deployed to the east for a new offensive planned there. but caught in the middle is mariupol. its mayor says around 21,000 civilians have been killed, and 120,000 remain trapped. 0ur correspondent tom bateman reports now from the c
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