Capital outflow: Russia changes tack
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 30 March 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
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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| 1:06.2 | A court in Singapore refused last month to strike down colonial air legislation criminalizing |
| 1:11.9 | sex between men, saying it can stay because it's never enforced. |
| 1:17.2 | Your correspondent explains the societal reasons behind keeping a law that will be ignored. |
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