As the war continues, we take a look at the state of the Russian economy and what this might mean for Ukraine.

Argentina's new president has announced the South American country will not join the BRICS alliance. We hear about the implications this can have for the inflation-hit nation.

And we listen to the challenges Nigerian businesses face to become more productive.

Ed Butler discusses these and more business stories with two guests on opposite sides of the world: Andy Uhler, Journalism Fellow at the University of Texas Energy Institute and Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, and Sharon Brettkelly, presenter at Radio New Zealand.

(Picture: damaged residential building after shelling in Odesa, Ukraine. Picture credit: IGOR TKACHENKO/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)