This chapter pays tribute to the late Andrei Polichakov and acknowledges the podcast's team members, while also promoting a discount for Economist Education's online course.
The president is using racist hate-mongering as both a rallying tool and a distraction mechanism. It is the oldest trick in the autocrat playbook and it proving effective. Why are some Americans flocking to start new lives in Europe (10.36)? And, a tribute to a Ukrainian pilot who made the case for his country to get F-16 fighter jets (18.03).
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