i will talk to sweden's former prime minister carl bildt. >>> and, understanding the breadth of putin's clamp down inside russia, including this week's jailing of another prominent putin critic. i will be joined by bill browder who was once the largest foreign investor in russia. >>> then, china under lockdown as covid comes back to the country where it originated with a vengeance. 25 million people in shanghai alone are under very strict measures. i will check in with one of them, cnn's david culver. >>> but first, here is my take. ukraine's brave and brilliant response to russia's attack is rightly being celebrated across the world. but it might be obscuring a growing danger. while the assault on kyiv and the surrounder region has failed, moscow's strategy in the south and east of ukraine could well succeed. if it does, russia will have turned ukraine into an economically crippled rump state, landlocked and threatened on three sides by russian military power, always vulnerable to another incursion from moscow. it will take much more military assistance from the west to ensure that thi

i will talk to sweden's former prime minister carl bildt. >>> and, understanding the breadth of putin's

and finland considerjoining nato in a matter of weeks — we speak to former swedish prime minister carl bildt rate for 30 years, driven by a sharp rise in the cost of petrol and diesel. the inflation rate rose to 7% in the year to march. the cost of living is also set to keep going up in the coming months — as the rise in the cap on energy prices takes effect, increasing gas and electricity bills for milions. but for many people, that won't be everything. millions of graduates will be affected as the cost of their student loan also goes up. this is what's going to happen in the next few years — from the current rate of 4.5% there s a bid leap up to the maximum 12% this autumn. then six months later it bumps down to around 7% because a cap kicks in — and stays at that higher level. by 2024, it could plunge down to zero then up again. a very complicated and worrying picture, so what does this all mean? joining me now is ken 0koroafor, a personal finance expert from the humble penny. you are so you are so welcome you are so welcome to the show. thank you forjoining us. talk us through what this