Italian business leaders meet Putin - a podcast by BBC World Service

Despite the potential Ukraine conflict, Italian business leaders have met President Putin. The virtual meeting with the Russian president went ahead amid calls from Italy's government for it to be scrapped, and we hear which Italian businesses were involved from Giorgio Leali, who is a reporter with Politico Europe. We explore Italy's commercial ties to Russia with Vincenzo Trani, chairman of the Italian-Russian Chamber of Commerce, who was on today's call. And we get Ukrainian business reaction from Dmitro Shymkiv, executive chair of Darnitsa, which is the country's largest pharmaceutical company. Plus, planemaker Boeing has unveiled a multi-billion loss in its latest financial figures. We find out more from Madhu Unnikrishnan, editor of Airline Weekly.

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