Editors’ Picks: Why the Russian oil price cap will work

Plus: America’s last man in Russia steps down [Foreign Policy Logo]( [Foreign Policy Editors Picks]( September 06, 2022 | [View in browser]( To read unlimited articles featured in Editors’ Picks, [subscribe today](. 1 [Slashing profits?]( G-7’s plan for a price cap on purchases of Russian oil has been met with skepticism. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven Tian [explain]( why the critics are wrong. 2 [Last man standing.]( Sullivan, the U.S. ambassador in Moscow, stepped down this week amid one of the most difficult eras in modern U.S.-Russia relations, FP’s Robbie Gramer [reports](. 3 [Collective history.]( sites commemorating the experience of the Atlantic slave trade serve as a place for remembrance and healing for many Black Americans, FP’s Howard W. French [writes](. 4 [Notable omissions.]( long-delayed United Nations report on the atrocities in Xinjiang was an important step forward, but it failed to recognize China’s actions as a genocide, FP’s Azeem Ibrahim [writes](. 5 [Curtain call.]( Russia’s top musicians leave the country, its classical music supremacy may be on its last gasp, FP’s Elisabeth Braw [writes](. --------------------------------------------------------------- [
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