Trey talks with Stephanie Baker, author of the new book Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia.

Topics Trey and Stephanie discuss include:

- Putin's rise to power

- the economic transition in Russia 

- the size and scope of sanctions on Russia

- the effectiveness of sanctions on Russia

- the future of Russia under Putin

- the war in Ukraine 

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