Set for life? Putin’s power-grab

Set for life? Putin’s power-grab

After Russia’s president proposed vast constitutional change, the whole government resigned. It seems to be another convoluted power-grab by Vladimir Putin—and it seems likely to work. Our correspondent finds that the tired stereotypes European Union countries have about their neighbours are pervasive even at the heart of the European integration. And the surprising and nefarious world of sand-smuggling. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of The Economist, subscribe here www.economist.com/radiooffer

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A word in edgewise: Turkey, Armenia and genocide

A word in edgewise: Turkey, Armenia and genocide

In calling the 1915 campaign against Armenians a genocide, President Joe Biden has rekindled tensions that never really faded—and has perhaps delayed a rapprochement. Chinese authorities fear religion...

29 Huhti 202122min

A great deal to be desired: Europe-Britain trade

A great deal to be desired: Europe-Britain trade

Europe’s parliament has overwhelmingly voted to extend a stopgap trade agreement. But the rancour behind the vote, and the deal’s thin measures, say much about future relations. Female soldiers are en...

28 Huhti 202121min

SPAClash: the buzz and the bust

SPAClash: the buzz and the bust

Special-purpose acquisition companies offer a novel way for companies to list on stockmarkets. We look behind the buzz, and something of a recent bust, to discover why they are a useful innovation bot...

27 Huhti 202120min

Extremist prejudice: rebranding Navalny

Extremist prejudice: rebranding Navalny

Russian courts’ bid to designate opposition leader Alexei Navalny’s movement as a terrorist organisation is unsurprising: it fits a narrative of increasing repression at home and sabre-rattling at the...

26 Huhti 202123min

Carbon date: Biden’s climate summit

Carbon date: Biden’s climate summit

President Joe Biden laid out ambitious emissions targets yesterday, but in order to be taken seriously on climate change, America has some reputation rebuilding to do. Researchers are starting to unde...

23 Huhti 202122min

Growth negligence: India’s covid-19 failings

Growth negligence: India’s covid-19 failings

Mass gatherings and in-person voting continue, even as new case numbers smash records and fatalities spiral in public view. We ask how a seeming pandemic success has turned so suddenly tragic. Chad’s ...

22 Huhti 202119min

Insuperable: Europe’s football fiasco

Insuperable: Europe’s football fiasco

A “Super League” plan wrong-footed fans, clubs, even governments. We examine what the failed bid says about the sport’s economics. We return to the George Floyd case and the landmark conviction of his...

21 Huhti 202124min

A case rests, a city does not: Derek Chauvin’s trial

A case rests, a city does not: Derek Chauvin’s trial

The former police officer involved in George Floyd’s death awaits a verdict. What would conviction mean in a case emblematic of a far wider racial-justice movement? Internal migration has left a third...

20 Huhti 202122min

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