Russia's invasion of Ukraine has a new boss, Balorigarasimov. South Africa's President Cyril Remaposa was meant to join fellow leaders at the World Economic Forum meeting in Davos last week. And rural Suffolk is gentle and flat, with a quiet, understated beauty punctuated by picturesque villages and farms. Ronald Blythe, whom our obituaries editor remembers today, was its bard.
South Africa’s infrastructure—its ports, railways and power grid—are struggling and poorly managed. Ordinary South Africans are increasingly fed up. We profile Russia’s new military commander in Ukraine. And our obituaries editor remembers one of Britain’s finest rural writers.
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