Stephanie Baker

PUNISHING PUTIN takes readers to the frontlines of the economic war to degrade Putin's war machine. But is it working? Here’s 90 seconds on one of the central questions in my new book 👇

The new Great Game in Central Asia >>The Russian war machine’s scramble to secure an unlikely component for its ammunition – cotton pulp – may have found a potential supply in Uzbekistan, where a new plant has ties to an Uzbek tycoon, Rustam Muminov, recently sanctioned by the UK and EU. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Enjoyed talking to @AndrewMarr9 on @LBC tonight about the EU meeting on whether to use Russian assets to back a 90 billion euro loan for Ukraine. Crunch time

Great to be on Ireland's most popular channel RTE Radio 1 with Katie Hannon to discuss sanctions against Russia as peace negotiations to end the Ukraine war continue. She interviewed me about my book, Punishing Putin, at the Dublin Literary Festival earlier this year: rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

Watts > "I like to call this the merchants of death because in effect, through commercial transactions, American companies are making hundreds of millions of dollars selling chips, selling guidance technology to third parties who are rerouting that technology into Russia."

"They can answer to American juries for this conduct," Mika Watts said. "This case, just like the opioids case, is about what happened in Texas. What corporate decisions Texas corporations and California corporations chose to use to safeguard the distribution of this technology that they know will kill innocent civilians in Ukraine."

Five major lawsuits filed today against US chip manufacturers Texas Instruments, Intel, AMD and distributor Mouser in Texas for failing to stop their technology from getting into Russian missiles and Iranian drones killing and maiming Ukrainian civilians. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Great to be on @CNN albeit very early this morning to talk about the latest on Russia and Ukraine. With @rosemaryCNN

EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

One of the craziest parts of this "peace" plan: "$100 billion in frozen Russian assets will be invested in US-led efforts to rebuild and invest in Ukraine. The US will receive 50% of the profits from this venture. Europe will add $100 billion to increase the amount of investment available for Ukraine’s reconstruction. Frozen European funds will be unfrozen. The remainder of the frozen Russian funds will be invested in a separate US-Russian investment vehicle that will implement joint projects in specific areas." bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

On @bbcworldservice Newshour I discuss Trump’s decision to give Hungary’s Viktor Orban a 1 year exemption from his recent Russian oil sanctions and why Hungary’s continued import of Russian oil is such a problem. With @OwenBennettJone clip below:

On today’s @BBCRadio4 I spoke to @JonnyDymond about EU efforts to use frozen Russian central bank assets to back up a 140 billion euro loan to Ukraine, and why it’s taken so long. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

🇺🇦 New episode of Ukraine: The Latest As fierce fighting continues around Pokrovsk and Ukrainian forces strike energy facilities inside Russia, @DomNicholls and @FrancisDearnley report on a surge in American surveillance flights over the Black Sea. They also speak with sanctions expert @StephaniBaker, who explains why Donald Trump’s sanctions on Russian oil giants Lukoil and Rosneft are so significant. 🎧 Listen 👇 telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/03/0…

Great to be on @NPRWeekend with @ayesharascoe to talk about the Trump administration’s new sanctions on Russian oil after Putin’s refusal to agree a ceasefire in Ukraine. Listen here npr.org/2025/10/26/nx-…

I went on @BBCPM with @EvanHD to talk about Trump’s decision to sanction Russia’s two largest oil producers, Rosneft and Lukoil. It’s a bigger deal than most people realize but of course much depends on enforcement and Trump staying the course. Snippet below

“Putin humiliated and embarrassed him multiple times by refusing to agree to a ceasefire.” Trump is ‘holding out hope’ that his newly announced sanctions on Russia will force Putin to come back to the negotiating table, says Putin author @StephaniBaker.