Let's Talk, Singapore

Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments in the United States in this weekly podcast. 

Steve Okun, senior advisor, McLarty Associates, stands in for The Straits Times' US bureau chief Nirmal Ghosh who is on leave, and he chats with Money FM 89.3's Elliot Danker and Bharati Jagdish.

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01:04 US President Joe Biden instructed to release an additional US$350 milllion worth of weapons to Ukraine to repulse Russian invasion

03:19 Impact on Russia: The European Union's sanctions and those of some other countries, such as cutting off bank communications

05:48 Former US President Donald Trump's condemnation of Russia’s invasion despite initial praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin

07:26 Implications of the US Supreme Court's hearing environmental regulation case on the Biden's administration fight against climate change

08:38 Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be the first black woman in the Supreme Court

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From the US's announcement of its third authorisation for weapons shipments to Ukraine, former President Donald Trump's condemnation of Russia’s invasion despite an initial praise for Russian President Vladimir Putin and finally, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson as President Joe Biden's pick for the Supreme Court, Steve Okun, Senior Advisor, McLarty Associates gives an analysis of it all.

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In this morning's The Breakfast Brief, we discuss the impact of the war in Ukraine on global markets, energy prices and commodities, a new law regulating the use of algorithms in China, and what to expect from the decision by OPEC on production boosts. 

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Synopsis: The Straits Times analyses the latest developments on the Ukraine crisis in this special podcast. 

Russian President Putin has said that Ukraine belonged in the “Russian sphere” and was not entitled to the right to exist as a sovereign country. Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air and sea on Thursday (Feb 24), launching the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War II.

In an exclusive interview, The Straits Times' foreign editor Bhagyashree Garekar speaks with Kateryna Zelenko, the Ukraine ambassador to Singapore 

Highlights (click/tap above):

00:42 What is the view in Ukraine about the shared history between Ukraine and Russia?  

05:05 How important are the two self-proclaimed rebel republics of Donetsk and Luhansk to Ukraine?

10:50 Putin has said "Ukraine does not have the right to (its) sovereignty"; how acceptable is that stance for Ukraine?

18:42 Could Ukraine become the prime source of gas to Europe? 

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