Anastasia Likhacheva: Surviving “sanctions from hell”

This week, our guest is Anastasia Likhacheva, Dean of the Faculty of World Economy and International Affairs at the Higher School of Economics in Moscow. 

Time Stamps:

• 01:48 Studying sanctions since 2016
• 03:27 Nord Stream and the abrupt change in European attitudes after February 2022
• 6:22 Western companies leaving (and returning) to Russia after February 2022
• 8:52 Inability of both Western and Russian experts to correctly predict the trajectory of the Russian economy after the application of sanctions
• 13:40 “We started to pivot to the East before it was fashionable”
• 16:57 Sanctions don’t work if third countries don’t cooperate
• 21:23 The future of sanctions
• 24:04 Prospects of sanctions relief
• 32:10 Economic beneficiaries of external sanctions
• 34:24 Continued Russian tourism in Europe
• 35:46 A new generation of Russian elites
• 39:58 How do your students see the world?

*The Trialogue Podcast is hosted by the Stimson Center and produced by University FM.

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