The platinum jubilee marks 70 years since queen elizabeth the second succeeded to the throne. The first time that a british monarch has lasted for 70 years on the throne. Unlike most royal events, weddings or coronations or funerals, a jubilee is really just a marker of sthasis. It celebrates the fact that the current monarch isn't dead and hasn't died for a prolonged period of time.
Britain’s capital is packed with foreign capital, in particular the Russian kind. We ask what it is about London that attracts—and protects—the oligarchs. We check in again with Lusya Shtein of the anti-Putin punk-rock group Pussy Riot about her daring escape from Russia. And amid celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year tenure, we reflect on royal jubilees through history.
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