25 Feb 2022

NZ sanctions against Russia - Robert Ayson's analysis

From Checkpoint, 5:39 pm on 25 February 2022

US president Joe Biden's name checked New Zealand as one of the countries sanctioning Russia.

Some have pulled out the big financial guns; freezing the offshore assets of Russian banks, cutting access to international markets and investors, banning their planes from landing and black listing wealthy individuals in Putin's inner circle.

New Zealand's introducing a travel ban on Russian government officials, suspended bilateral talks and is blocking exports that aid the invading forces.

But is that enough? Victoria University Professor of Strategic Studies, Robert Ayson, talks to Lisa Owen.