The Economist - UK (2022-04-30)

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Contents

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On the cover

The world this week

7 A summary of political

and financial news

Leaders

9 War in Ukraine

Russia’s rotten army

10 Social media

Twitter’s techno­king

11 Covid-19 in China

The forever war

11 France

The centre holds

12 Energy sanctions

Tax Russian gas

Letters

14 Europe’s unicorns, China

and Taiwan, electoral

systems, petrol stations,

English prefixes, time

Briefing

15 Russia’s armed forces

How deep does the rot go?

Britain

19 Northern Ireland

20 The Brexit effect

22 A dearth of doctors

22 The launch of Talktv

24 Reforming student loans

25 The demise of Billy Elliot

26 BagehotKeir Starmer

Europe

27 Macron’s triumph

28 Squeezing Russia

29 Refugees’ mental health

30 A Turkish travesty

30 Gerhard Schröder’s

disgrace

32 CharlemagneMacron’s

Europe

United States

33 Political pointers in

Pennsylvania

34 DeSantis v Disney

35 Faith and freedom

35 Free petrol in Chicago

36 Hawaii’s oil shock

37 LexingtonThe new

McCarthyism

The Americas

38 South America’s

breadbasket

39 Gangs in El Salvador

40 Paraguay’s new motorway

Middle East & Africa

41 Lebanon’s gloom

42 Feasting for Ramadan

43 Ukraine and the Holocaust

43 Africa’s rising debt

44 Nigeria’s presidency

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By invitationUkraine’s

prime minister, Denys

Shmyhal, lays out his plan

for rebuilding his country

in an online essay. 

Read it at economist.com/

by-invitation

Vladimir Putin uses warfare
to make up for Russia’s
weaknesses. That is why he is
so dangerous: leader,page 9.
How deep is the rot in Russia’s
army? Briefing,page 15

Can Elon engineer free speech?
The world’s richest man takes 
on the problem of free speech. 
We hope he succeeds: leader, 
page 10, and analysis, page 55

Russia and gas: tit for taps
Europe should impose a high
tariff on imports of Russian
energy: leader, page 12.Russia
has cut off gas to Bulgaria and
Poland. Who’s next? Page 68.
How do supply disruptions 
affect the wider economy? 
Some lessons from the past: 
Free exchange, page 70

Manu of the moment
Emmanuel Macron’s triumph,
and the trouble he now faces:
leader, page 11, and analysis, 
page 27.The French president
will push for an even more
French eu: Charlemagne, 
page 32

The admirable cynicism of Keir
StarmerA new book paints the
Labour leader as a ruthless
opportunist. He should take the
compliment: Bagehot, page 26

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