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Volume 442 Number 9287
Europe
43 Poland on the front line
44 A challenger for Erdogan
45 Le Pen runs again
45 Propaganda in Hungary
46 CharlemagneWelcoming
refugees
Britain
47 London’s recovery
48 OneWeb and Russia
49 Bagehot Human rights,
wronged
Business
50 America Inc abroad
52 War and aviation
53 Bartleby The crowded
office
54 The future of work
55 The glassceiling index
56 SchumpeterWhither
oligarchs?
Finance&economics
57 Commodities chaos
59 The looming food crisis
60 Russia courts China
61 Credit markets don’t crack
62 Iran’s sanctions lessons
63 Our cronycapitalism
index
66 Free exchangeOilshock
absorbers
Science&technology
67 Ukraine’s ad hoc arms
68 Wartime communications
69 Detecting Parkinson’s
69 Endurance is discovered
Culture
70 Cleaning up dirty money
71 Suleiman the Magnificent
72 Home Entertainment
Bruegel’s winter
73 Reflections from Ukraine
73 A neuroscience pioneer
74 JohnsonWhy learn
grammar?
Economic&financialindicators
76 Statistics on 42 economies
Graphicdetail
77 Russian socialmedia users are downcast about the war
Obituary
78 Shane Warne, wonderbowler