Lada is like the cult Soviet car. It has this humongous factory on the river Volga. One of these factories that power a whole city and everybody who lives in that city has something to do with it. And then, you know, Hononisan, the French auto giant, stepped in and was part of that operation. So it was so interesting to see how geopolitics had really, really specific consequences for a town of hundreds of thousands of workers. You got to see how business and politics are intertwined very, very deeply and how they spill over in every sector of the economy.
#450: On the First Friday of each month, we roll out a bonus episode that’s totally different from what we usually produce.
These bonus episodes are special, unique, and – we hope – round out a fuller, more multifaceted picture of what we think about.
Today, I’m introducing you to a business and economics correspondent from Moscow who I’m honored to call a close friend. Her name is Andrea Palasciano. She’s covered business stories from Paris, Marseilles, Rome and Moscow. She’s fluent in Italian, German, Spanish, French, English and Russian. She’s covered stories ranging from diamond mining in Siberia to sleep deprivation.
She’s close friends with Evan Gershkovich, the 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter who’s currently in a Russian prison. Today is his 100th day behind bars.
Andrea and I were both Knight-Bagehot Fellows and bonded during our year of immersing ourselves into deeply understanding how to tell better stories about business and economics. She joins me in this special episode to talk about the stories she’s covered, the sabbatical experience, and why it’s critical to understand how a bond works (!!).
Enjoy!
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