Economic sanctions. We’ve been hearing this term a lot recently, especially with relation to the Russia-Ukraine crisis. We know that countries are throwing sanctions at Russia in an effort to stop their invasion of Ukraine. But what exactly are sanctions? And how do they work?

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Presented by: Dashran Yohan

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Categories:  politics

Tags:  the bigger picture,  today i learned,  sanction,  economic sanctions,  russia,  ukraine,  un,  global politics,  global economy,  politics,