Punishing Putin

'A gripping narrative and an outstanding book.’ Times Literary Supplement

‘The riveting inside story of the unprecedented economic war to take down Putin and save Ukraine. Anyone wishing to understand the complexity and difficulty of battling Putin on the global economic stage will find Baker’s exposé an essential read.’ – Bill Browder, bestselling author of Red Notice and Freezing Order

‘An authoritative and gripping investigation that reads like a detective novel. I found myself reading it in the elevator.’ – Nassim Taleb, author of The Black Swan

‘A compelling account of the West’s economic war against Russia, from oligarchs’ superyachts to the world’s oil market … Essential reading for understanding Russia’s war and how it is remaking the world economy.’ – Chris Miller, bestselling author of Chip War

‘Deeply reported and deftly written, Punishing Putin brings you inside a critical front in the new cold war … No one writing about sanctions today has a stronger grasp of this terrain than Baker or a better knack for untangling its complexity.’ – Simon Shuster, bestselling author of The Showman: Inside the Invasion that Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

‘A captivating economic detective story that describes in great detail how the West tried to confront Putin and explains why the sanctions didn’t work: the war didn’t stop, and the Russian army continues to advance. A very important book for anyone pondering what will happen next.’ – Mikhail Zygar, author of War and Punishment: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

‘Few reporters understand post-Soviet Russia the way Baker does. She has produced a definitive account of the war behind the war – the desperate struggle to restrain Russia's violence through economic sanctions.’ – Peter S. Canellos, author of The Great Dissenter