The Economist • 19th January 2023 The Ukraine war is forcing eastern Europe to build more links A region built on the Moscow-Berlin axis discovers north-south connections
The Economist • 16th January 2023 Belarusian democracy on trial A show trial of Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya begins in Minsk
The Economist • 16th January 2023 Who is Valery Gerasimov, Russia’s latest commander in Ukraine? His appointment may temper the influence of the Wagner Group
The Economist • 17th November 2022 A pilot scheme to trail the four-day workweek in Britain Efforts to increase productivity hold lessons for sceptics, too
The Economist • 26th October 2022 Russia's ruthless new commander in Ukraine The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast
The Economist • 18th October 2022 Who is the leader of the shadowy Wagner Group The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast
The Economist • 13th October 2022 Who is Sergey Surovikin, Russia’s new commander in Ukraine? The ruthless general’s appointment signals an even more aggressive mood in the Kremlin
The Economist • 29th September 2022 Going for a bong: the global trade in church bells Germany once looted church bells. Now it sends them overseas
The Economist • 29th September 2022 Who is Yevgeny Prigozhin, the man behind the Wagner Group? Vladimir Putin’s fixer has finally admitted that he recruits mercenaries
The Economist • 15th September 2022 Poland opens a propaganda-heavy canal A concrete channel to avoid Russian-controlled waters
The Economist • 21st August 2022 The heirs to Ryszard Kapuscinski, Poland’s best-known journalist Literary non-fiction is both celebrated and contested in Poland
The Economist • 19th July 2022 Ukraine's farmers struggle with excess grain The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast
The Economist • 27th June 2022 Where will Ukraine store its grain? It is hard to export in a war—and there is nowhere to put it
The Economist • 19th June 2022 Nobel prize auction for Ukraine Dmitry Muratov will sell his 23-karat gold medal to help refugees
The Economist • 8th June 2022 Russia’s invasion is threatening Ukraine’s unique seed bank The Intelligence: The Economist's daily podcast
The Economist • 6th June 2022 Is Kaliningrad, Russia’s exclave, an asset or a liability? It is used to threaten Europe but could be isolated in a war
The Economist • 27th May 2022 Why is Odessa important to both Ukraine and Russia? Ukraine’s largest port is its strongest link to the world economy
The Economist • 25th May 2022 Ukraine’s agricultural research is threatened by the war A gene bank in Kharkiv has escaped by the skin of its teeth
The Economist • 20th May 2022 How important are Ukraine’s trains to its war effort? The rail network matters strategically—and symbolically
The Economist • 16th May 2022 Elvira Nabiullina, Putin’s economic general Profile of the central banker fighting to keep Russia's sanctions-hit economy afloat