Sri Lanka overthrew its president, what now?

15/07/2022 27 min

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Episode Synopsis

Sri Lanka’s president just resigned after months of protest and a deepening economic crisis.

Despite Rajapaksa’s departure and the celebratory scenes of demonstrators partying at the president’s home, the people of Sri Lanka have a massive debt hole to climb out of and people have been struggling. What comes next?

Plus, a look at why a maintenance shutdown of Russia’s Nord Stream 1 gas pipeline to Germany is raising alarms across Europe.

Featuring:
Aritha Wickramasinghe, Banking lawyer
Christoph Rauwald, Bloomberg Bureau Chief, Frankfurt