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Oct 2022
27m 35s

The cost of doing business in Ukraine

Bbc World Service
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With Russia escalating its attacks on Ukraine, we take a look at the cost of doing business in a warzone. Russian president Vladimir Putin said the strikes in Kyiv and elsewhere in the country are retaliation for Saturday's attack on a bridge between Crimea and Russia. We speak to business owner Vitali Ivakhov about the detrimental effect on his companies an ... Show More
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