Crimea punishment: A Russian airfield in ruins
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The Economist
4.3 • 5K Ratings
🗓️ 12 August 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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The airbase in Crimea lies in ruins. Ukraine hasn’t claimed credit, many suspect they carried out the daring attack more than 100 miles behind enemy lines. Our defence editor explains why the war has entered a new phase. Why state-owned firms, not oil supermajors, are the biggest impediment to a green-energy transition. And pondering the pleasures of barbecue.
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| 0:58.7 | Hello and welcome to the intelligence from the economist. In Washington, D.C. this morning, |
| 1:04.6 | I'm John Fastman. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 1:13.1 | Climate activists have had big oil companies in their sites for decades, and not without reason. |
| 1:19.1 | But transitioning to greener energy depends on other firms that you've probably never heard of, |
| 1:24.3 | and that really don't want to stop pumping oil. |
| 1:28.4 | And every year, for one weekend, the world's best barbecuers descend on Memphis to compete |
| 1:34.5 | in the World Championship barbecue cooking contest. |
| 1:37.6 | We'll take you to this year's event to meet the happy sufferers of smoked swine fever. |
| 1:59.7 | Thank you. happy sufferers of smoked swine fever. First up, though, this week, the sounds of war rang out in the Crimean Peninsula. |
| 2:03.6 | Oh my God. |
| 2:06.6 | Tourists at a Black Sea resort fled as explosions and a column of smoke appeared in the distance. |
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