The mysterious middlemen helping Russia’s war machine
Sanctions are as watertight as a sieve
RUSSIA IS PLANNING for decades of Western sanctions, a senior foreign-ministry official, Dmitry Birichevsky, said last week. The evidence suggests that might not be too much of a problem. The economy is growing smartly, at an annualised rate of 4% in the second quarter, after a whopping 5.4% the quarter before, despite one of the toughest regimes ever imposed. Trade continues to flourish. How come?
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This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Any which way you can”
Europe August 24th 2024
- The mysterious middlemen helping Russia’s war machine
- The Kremlin is close to crushing Pokrovsk, a vital Ukrainian town
- Turkey’s asset-price boom is good for some but terrible for most
- How Italy’s Mezzogiorno is benefiting from a flood of EU aid
- After decades of decline, Poland’s population seems to be increasing
- The rebuilding of Berlin’s Pergamon Museum is 40 years behind schedule
- What Europe’s comeback politicians can teach American voters
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Five years after it was gutted by fire, the cathedral is more beautiful than ever
Ursula von der Leyen has a new doctrine for handling the hard right
The boss of the European Commission embarks on a second term
Marine Le Pen spooks the bond markets
She threatens to bring down the French government, but also faces a possible ban from politics
The maths of Europe’s military black hole
It needs to spend to defend, but voters may balk
Ukraine’s warriors brace for a Kremlin surge in the south
Vladimir Putin’s war machine is pushing harder and crushing Ukrainian morale
Vladimir Putin fires a new missile to amplify his nuclear threats
The attack on Ukraine is part of a new era of missile warfare