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You're listening to The Globalist, first broadcast on the 18th of February, 2026 on Monaco Radio.
The Globalist, in association with UBS.
Hello, this is The Globalist, broadcasting to you live from Midori House in London.
I'm Georgina Godwin.
On the show ahead,
we'll start in Geneva with an update on the two major diplomatic meetings taking place there.
Ukraine and Russia are talking, and so are the US and Iran.
Our analysts will bring us up to speed.
Then...
It all comes down to oil.
If you stop him from selling his oil, I think in six months he'll run out of money.
to continue to execute this war.
We're here from Bill Browder, formerly the largest foreign portfolio investor in Russia,
about how Russia's economy continues to hold up.
Plus, we'll have an overview of the papers from our Paris studio with senior producer Laura Kramer.
Laura, what do you have for us?
We'll begin in France where nine people were arrested following the death of a far-right activist in Lyon.
We'll then cross to Romania and Bulgaria to discuss the closure of Radio Free Europe there and we'll chat shopping malls in China.