Trump tariffs tank Russian oil prices amid ‘global economic storm’ & US lift sanctions for Russian special envoy
Ukraine: The Latest
Louisa Wells / Francis Dearnley
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 7 April 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Day 1,139.
Today, we talk about the crash in oil prices and the consequences on Russia’s economy. We discuss Vladimir Putin’s special envoy to the US on international economic and investment cooperation, Kirill Dmitriev. And, Francis Dearnley speaks with John W. Boerstler, who served as the Chief Veterans Experience Officer at the US Department of Veterans Affairs.
Contributors:
Adélie Pojzman-Pontay (Narrative Podcast Producer). @adeliepjz on X.
Roland Oliphant (Senior Foreign Correspondent). @RolandOliphant on X.
With thanks to John W. Boerstler (Executive Vice President of Public Sector at IPSOS).
Content Referenced:
As oil plunges, Kremlin sees a global economic storm, from Reuters:
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/oil-plunges-kremlin-sees-global-economic-storm-2025-04-07/
Russia plans to capitalise on Trump’s trade wars – here’s the man leading Putin’s gambit, from the Telegraph:
Russia plans to capitalise on Trump’s trade wars – here’s the man leading Putin’s gambit
John W. Boerstler - U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Adelae Pajemonté and this is Ukraine, the latest. |
| 0:07.6 | Today we talk about the crash in oil prices and the consequences on Russia's economy. |
| 0:12.8 | We discussed Vladimir Putin's special envoy to the US on International Economic and Investment Corporation, |
| 0:18.4 | Keryl Dmitriev. |
| 0:19.9 | And Francis Dernley speaks with John W. Bersler, |
| 0:22.6 | who served as Chief Veterans Experience Officer at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. |
| 0:28.1 | Bravery takes you through the most unimaginable hardships to finally reward you with victory. |
| 0:37.1 | It's the worst carnage that this world has seen since World War II. |
| 0:42.0 | Absolutely fascinating. |
| 0:43.2 | We are with you, not just today or tomorrow, but for a hundred years. |
| 0:48.2 | We can't as European, let's gain the Russia in Ukraine. |
| 0:52.6 | Nobody's going to break us. |
| 0:54.6 | We're strong. We're in Ukraine. Nobody's going to break us. We're strong. |
| 0:55.8 | We're Ukrainians. |
| 0:57.7 | It's Monday, the 7th of April. |
| 1:00.2 | Three years and 43 days since the full-scale invasion began. |
| 1:04.3 | Today, I'm joined by senior foreign correspondent, Roland Oliphant. |
| 1:08.3 | Both Francis and Dom are away today. |
| 1:10.2 | So, Roland, you're doing the diplomatic and |
| 1:12.1 | military updates for us today. I'm going to start not with either strictly diplomacy or the |
| 1:18.2 | battlefield, but with something else entirely. And that is, I'm sure everybody who's listening to this |
| 1:22.9 | is nervously checking stock markets around the world. One of the knock-on effects of this remarkable |
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