Media

Television Appearances

CTV National News, Segment on the Impact of Sanctions in Russia (May 24, 2022)

TVO, The Agenda, “Russian Oligarchs: The Limits of their Loyalty”
Radio/Podcast Interviews (March 9, 2022)

Radio/Podcasts

Business Movers, “The Big Mac’s Big Impact on Russia” (February 2, 2023)

NPR Marketplace, “Russia’s Economy after Six Months of War” (August 24, 2022)

CBC, “McDonald’s Entry and Exit from Russia” (June 6, 2024)

NPR All Things Considered, “The Significance of McDonald’s Golden Arches in Russia,” (May 17, 2022)

The Economist: Money Matters, “What’s Behind the Resilience of the Rouble?” (April 13, 2022)

What a Day, “Russia’s Economic Isolation” (March 11, 2022)

CJAD, The Elias Makos Show, “Russian Oligarchs: Where does their money come from? And what are they doing now that there’s war?” (March 7, 2022)

The Road to Now, “Russian Rubles, Western Sanctions” (March 7, 2022)

Marketplace, “Russia’s Economic Isolation Has a Long History” (February 24, 2022)

Soviet Sex Podcast, “The Bachelor Tax” (January 21, 2022)

History and Investing, “A Full-Value Ruble” (October 11, 2021)

New Books Network, “A Full-Value Ruble” (June 2, 2021)

Roundtable participant in podcast discussion “The Collective Farm,” SRB blog (November 17, 2019)

Interviewed by Sarah Percy for “Why the Cold War Still Matters,” Australian Broadcasting Corporation (November 4, 2019)

Expert Commentary

Christopher Klein, “Pepsi’s Cold War Trade With the USSR: Cola for…Submarines?” The History Channel

Simon Gionet, “Les promesses fanées d’Helsinki, 50 ans plus tard,” Le Devoir (August 1, 2025)

John Power, “G7 Weighs New Sanctions on Russia to End Ukraine War,” Al Jazeera (May 18, 2023)

Lydia Tomkiw, “The War in Ukraine Triggered a Reckoning in Universities,” Coda Story (February 24, 2023)

Ania Bessonov, “What are Sanctions—And Do They Even Work?” CBC (December 21, 2022)

Geoff Nixon, “Western Brands Still Hold Sway in Russia, Even If Copycats Are Taking Their Place,” CBC (June 10, 2022)

Rachel Treisman, “Russia’s Rebranded McDonald’s Unveils a New Logo, But Keeps Its Name a Secret” NPR (June 10, 2022)

Léa Carrier, “Le défi d’enseigner l’envahisseur,” La Presse (June 8, 2022)

André Duchesne, “Inquiétudes persistantes autour des célébrations russes du 9-Mai,” La Presse (May 7, 2022)

Mathieu Carbasse, “Inflation galopante, pertes d’emplois en série, entreprises à l’arrêt: l’économie russe est-elle sur le point de s’effondrer?” 24heures (April 22, 2022)

Geoff Nixon, “Putin’s Push for Ruble Payments for Natural Gas Exports Not Strictly About Economics, Experts Say,” CBC (April 2, 2022)

Valérie Boisclair, “Riches ou influents: qui sont les oligarques russes visés par l’Occident?” Radio Canada (March 22, 2022)

Paul Sonne, “A New Iron Curtain Descends on Russia Amid its Invasion of Ukraine,” The Washington Post (March 3, 2022)

Matthew Boesler, “Putin Clings to Russia’s Market Economy as Sanctions Wind Back the Clock,” Bloomberg (March 9, 2022)

Natalie Sherman, “Ukraine Crisis: What Sanctions Could West Still Impose on Russia?” BBC (March 3, 2022)

Ben Margulies, “Outsider arts: How Russia Might Adapt to Sanctions,” Central Banking (March 3, 2022)