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Punishing Putin: Inside the Global Economic War to Bring Down Russia
By (Author) Stephanie Baker
HarperCollins Publishers
Mudlark
1st January 2025
12th September 2024
United Kingdom
General
Non Fiction
International economics
Political economy
War crimes
Military history: post-WW2 conflicts
Sanctioning power of the administration
Political structures: totalitarianism and dictatorship
Diplomacy
Public international law
327.117
Hardback
352
Width 159mm, Height 240mm, Spine 35mm
640g
'The essential, must-read insider account of the Wests cat and mouse economic warfare against Russia and how it is changing the face of global trade. Magisterial and gripping Catherine Belton
A brilliant, engagingly written and timely book Owen Matthews
Undeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale assault on Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In the hours that followed, Western leaders weaponized economic tools in a world-changing financial experiment. The end goal was simple: to damage the Russian economy and sap the strength from Putins war machine.
In Punishing Putin, veteran journalist Stephanie Baker uncovers how this furious financial war has unfolded, from seizing superyachts to manipulating the global price of oil to blocking the sale of military technology. Mobilizing white-collar-crime investigators and experts on international law, Baker explores how the West has cracked down on illicit Russian money by targeting oligarchs and their enablers risking a global recession in the process.
Filled with propulsive, fly-on-the-wall details, Punishing Putin takes us into the frantic backroom deliberations that led to a whole new era of economic statecraft and radically rearranged global alliances, influencing world order for generations to come.
The riveting inside story of the unprecedented economic war to take down Putin and save Ukraine. Anyone wishing to understand the complexity and difficulty of battling Putin on the global economic stage will find Bakers expos an essential read. Bill Browder, bestselling author of Red Notice and Freezing Order
An authoritative and gripping investigation that reads like a detective novel. I found myself reading it in the elevator. Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan
A compelling account of the Wests economic war against Russia, from oligarchs superyachts to the worlds oil market Essential reading for understanding Russias war and how it is remaking the world economy. Chris Miller, bestselling author of Chip War
Deeply reported and deftly written, Punishing Putin brings you inside a critical front in the new cold war No one writing about sanctions today has a stronger grasp of this terrain than Baker or a better knack for untangling its complexity. Simon Shuster, bestselling author of The Showman: Inside the Invasion that Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky
A captivating economic detective story that describes in great detail how the West tried to confront Putin and explains why the sanctions didnt work: the war didnt stop, and the Russian army continues to advance. A very important book for anyone pondering what will happen next. Mikhail Zygar, author of War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russias Invasion of Ukraine
Few reporters understand post-Soviet Russia the way Baker does. She has produced a definitive account of the war behind the war the desperate struggle to restrain Russia's violence through economic sanctions. Peter S. Canellos, author of The Great Dissenter
Stephanie Baker is an award-winning journalist and Senior Writer at Bloomberg, and has been covering the Russian invasion of Ukraine since February 2022. Stephanie has chronicled the rise and fall of Russian billionaires and has written extensively about sanctions placed on Russia since 2018. She lived in Moscow during the mid-1990s, reporting on the economic transformation of Russia for The Moscow Times, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Bloomberg. Stephanie appears regularly on BBC TV and Radio, Bloomberg Television, NPR and PBS. Punishing Putin is her first book.