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Putin needs oil and gas money - Russian economist
Exiled Russian economist Sergei Guriev has said new sanctions and an embargo on Russian oil and gas are needed to stop President Vladimir Putin funding the war in Ukraine.
鈥淗e has this war which is going on several fronts. On all these fronts he needs cash,鈥� Mr Guriev told 91热爆 Hardtalk鈥檚 Stephen Sackur.
鈥淯nfortunately, without oil and gas embargo by the European Union he keeps enough cash because oil prices are very high.鈥�
Mr Guriev was a rector at the New Economic School in Moscow, until he left the country in 2013.
