Capital outflow: Russia changes tack
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🗓️ 30 March 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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It appears that Russian forces are withdrawing from Kyiv, Ukraine’s capital, to focus on the eastern region of Donbas. We examine what the shifting tactics signify. A court in Singapore has refused to strike a colonial-era anti-gay law from its books, despite the fact it is never enforced; we ask why. And what’s behind Bolivia’s preponderance of contraband Japanese cars.
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| 0:58.2 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. From London, I'm Jason Palmer. |
| 1:03.6 | And in New York, I'm John Fastman. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events |
| 1:09.7 | shaping your world. |
| 1:12.7 | A court in Singapore refused last month to strike down colonial era legislation criminalizing sex between men, |
| 1:20.6 | saying it can stay because it's never enforced. |
| 1:24.1 | Our correspondent explains the societal reasons behind keeping a law that will be ignored. |
| 1:30.9 | And what happens when a lower middle-income country decides to ban the import of used cars as more than one year old? |
| 1:37.7 | People bring in older cars illegally, of course. |
| 1:40.5 | Welcome to the world of the Chuterro. |
| 1:51.3 | Yeah. Welcome to the world of the Chuterro. But first. |
| 1:59.4 | At peace talks in Turkey yesterday, the Russian army announced its moving troops away from the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv and the northern city of Chernehiv. |
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