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Volume 443 Number 9292
Europe
43 France’s election
44 Finland and nato
45 Russians in Germany
45 Spain’s hardright Vox
46 Charlemagne The power
of older voters
Britain
47 Boris Johnson is fined
48 Prisons and planning
49 BagehotThe mighty
Martin Lewis
International
50 Russia’s friends in need
Business
53 The geography of
innovation
56 Sanctioning Russia
56 Boycotting brazen brands
57 BartlebyEmail signoffs
58 Hybrid dealmaking
59 SchumpeterOpaque
Shein
Finance&economics
60 Innovation in China
63 The drivers of inflation
63 Sri Lanka defaults
64 Talent wars on Wall St
65 ButtonwoodThe politics
of crypto
66 Free exchangeGuns v
butter
Science&technology
67 Tracking ships at sea
68 Cracks in the Standard
Model?
69 Soldering wounds
70 Drugs and genetic
screening
Culture
71 Hong Kong
72 America’s civil war
73 An Omani artist
74 The joy of gardening
74 Speculative fiction
75 Back StoryThe genius of
“Atlanta”
Economic&financialindicators
76 Statistics on 42 economies
Graphicdetail
77 When hot weather strengthens environmentalism
Obituary
78 Vladimir Zhirinovsky, a political jester in Moscow