Reading, a town in Britain, has been successful in integrating immigrants by allowing them to scatter across the city instead of clustering in ghettos due to violence, a pattern that is now observed across Britain. This shift is attributed to the evolution of firmer anti-racist and anti-discrimination norms in the country, which have significantly reduced violent reactions towards immigrants over time.
In Russia inflation is under control, wages are on the up and supposedly tough sanctions have been successfully skirted. Why is the pariah economy proving so resilient? Despite the nasty rhetoric of many of its politicians, Britain has turned out to be quite good at assimilating immigrants (09:29). And how lorries can be electrified faster (19:11).
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