Ed Butler

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170 appearances 2 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 4d ago

Ed Butler’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Hello, welcome to the documentary from the BBC World Service. voice-verified

My name's Ed Butler and today we're asking what is going on inside the Russian economy? voice-verified

Yes, stories of growing economic struggle in one of the oil and gas-producing powerhouses of the world. voice-verified

Is the toll of the Ukraine war beginning to tell? voice-verified

try to survive. voice-verified

Unpicking the reality of Russia's economic pain. voice-verified

That's coming up on Business Daily, exploring how work and money impact people around the world. voice-verified

up at gas stations in Russia seems to be getting increasingly stressful these days. voice-verified

This was an argument over alleged queue jumping. voice-verified

Russians are having to wait six hours or more sometimes to fill their fuel tanks. voice-verified

The reason? voice-verified

Well, largely this is due, it seems, to Ukraine's sustained drone attacks on Russia's oil refineries. voice-verified

And not just those. voice-verified

Ukraine's extended its attacks to include retail warehouses as well, like the Wildberries chain, known as Russia's Amazon. voice-verified

This was the scene of panic after one recent strike in Yekaterinburg. voice-verified

Some small business owners, who house their commercial products inside Wildberries, say they've been voice-verified

The lament of one former small business owner. voice-verified

Prices are rising rapidly, and the struggle to get by in Russia is affecting all aspects of life. voice-verified

Take the picturesque Black Sea town of Sochi, Vladimir Putin's favourite resort, which hosted a recent edition of the Winter Olympics. voice-verified

After repeated Ukrainian drone strikes there, locals say it's become a commercial ghost town. voice-verified

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