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Since the invasion of Ukraine, many Western countries have tried to freeze assets belonging to Russian oligarchs. One of Australia's most important river systems is ailing with millions of dead fish stretching for kilometers. We ask how things got so bad for the creatures in its waters and the Australians who depend on them. And some of the biggest, flashiest of possessions are slipping through the net.

There are similarities between the two economies set to be the fastest-growing this year—but their paths to greater prosperity will not look like those that came before. One of Australia’s most important river systems is in trouble, and a logjam of millions of dead fish is just one sign. And what to do with the abandoned luxury yachts of Russia’s super-rich.

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