Sanctions in the moral maze

Is waging economic war on Russia an appropriate response to its aggression?

Michael Buerk, in the chair on BBC’s Moral Maze

On BBC Radio’s Moral Maze thus week, my colleagues and I discussed the issues around the use of sanctions over the war against Ukraine.

We may not want to commit our armed forces to help Ukraine, but we are hitting back at Vladimir Putin and hopefully deterring him (we tell ourselves) by punishing his wealth…