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Undeterred by eight years of timid US sanctions, Vladimir Putin ordered his full-scale assault on Ukraine on February 24, 2022. In the hours that followed across the world, Western leaders weaponised economic tools to counter an unprecedented land grab by a nuclear-armed power. What followed was an undeniably world-changing financial experiment that risked throwing the world into a devastating recession.

From seizing superyachts to manipulating the global price of oil to trying to block the sale of military technology to Russia, we learn how the White House coordinated with top officials in London and Brussels to freeze a staggering $300 billion in foreign currency reserves accumulated in the West by Russia’s central bank. Mobilizing an army of white collar-crime investigators and experts on international law, Baker explores how the West has cracked down on illicit Russian money by targeting oligarchs, one superyacht at a time, and their enablers around the world.

Hi friends. Welcome to the Faithful Podcast: Stories of people who walked by faith and gained a fuller understanding of the faithfulness of God. I hope you are encouraged by the vulnerability and honesty of the my guests as they share ways in which they were stretched and were able to grow in ways they would have never imagined.

With overly packed schedules and overly packed homes, most of us live under some level of accompanying stress. Our lives have become unbalanced, and we are paying a high cost because of it. Our personal relationships, our spiritual well-being, our finances, our professional life, our emotional stability, and even our physical health can be compromised when we live a life that is out of balance and disorganized.