Belarusian roulette: a mutiny’s aftermath

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Yevgeny Prigozhin and his Wagner Group fighters are said to be welcome in safe-haven Belarus. We ask how Aleksandr Lukashenko, the country’s puppet president, ended up in the role of <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/06/26/alexander-lukashenko-is-the-clearest-bene ...

Voting begins today in an <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/03/12/russians-go-to-the-polls-in-a-sham-election-for-their-president?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_ar ...

As Vladimir Putin promises to intensify Russia’s attacks, Mr Zelensky is frustrated at the wavering support from the West. <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2024/01/01/a-new-years-interview-with-volodymr-zelensky?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source ...

Our Berlin bureau chief sits down with the increasingly popular co-leader of the <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2023/12/19/the-head-of-the-hard-right-alternative-for-germany-is-riding-high?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_ ...