The second episode of KSE Talks is here! We meet Charles Lichfield, Associate Director of the GeoEconomics Center at the Atlantic Council. Together with Benjamin Hilgenstock, Senior Economist at the KSE Institute, we delve into the new developments of the sanctions policy against Russia. We examine the Kremlin’s response to Western restrictions, the implementation of secondary sanctions, as well as the fate of Russian blocked and frozen assets abroad.

Introducing the inaugural episode of KSE Talks! Our guest is Agathe Demarais, Global Forecasting Director at the Economist Intelligence Unit and author of 'Backfire', a book on US sanctions. In an illuminating conversation with Elina Ribakova, Director of the International Program at KSE, Agathe delves into the far-reaching effects of sanctions on the Russian economy. We examine the long-term consequences of these restrictions, potential strategies to evade them, as well as the Kremlin's disinformation tactics and vulnerabilities.