Trump and Putin meeting: how further sanctions could hit the Russian economy

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  Hello and welcome to World Business Report from the BBC World Service.

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  I am Bissi Adibayo and on this edition,

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  President Trump and President Putin are set to meet tomorrow to discuss potential peace in Ukraine.

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  And ahead of that meeting,

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  we'll be asking what it could mean for Russia's economy and hearing from Russians on how sanctions have affected them.

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  Also,

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  it's the final day of UN talks on a treaty to end global plastic pollution and more than 100 countries say the latest draft just won't cut it.

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  And over in Germany,

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  a sizzling salted spat as two sitters both claim to have invented the bratwurst.

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  All of that to come in just a moment.

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  It will begin in Russia as...

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  Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump are set to meet in Alaska on Friday in their first face-to-face meeting

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  since President Trump returned to the White House.

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  The talks are expected to focus on Ukraine,

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  but sanctions on Russia's oil and gas will also be high on the agenda,

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  especially after the US announced plans to increase tariffs on India for buying Russian crude oil.

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  Well, since the invasion of Ukraine, Russia has become the most sanctioned nation on earth.

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  And so how... these sanctions been affecting the lives of normal Russians?

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  Here's some messages we were sent.

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  I'm from Moscow.

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