Form-annex trick: Russia’s Ukraine-seizure bid
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🗓️ 30 September 2022
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After a series of sham referendums, President Vladimir Putin is expected to annex four partly occupied regions of Ukraine. We ask what risks that move would pose. What has driven China’s president to amass such tremendous personal power? We introduce our new, long-form podcast “The Prince”, which dives deep into his life. And video-game music is rapidly growing in prestige.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist. |
| 0:07.0 | Today from London, I'm your host, Jason Palmer. |
| 0:10.4 | Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world. |
| 0:18.4 | China's President Xi Jinping is expected to grant himself a third term in office next |
| 0:23.4 | month, another move toward being leader for life. |
| 0:27.4 | We introduce our new podcast series, which delves deep into Mr. Xi's life to get a better |
| 0:32.6 | sense of what may lie ahead. |
| 0:36.2 | And the music of early video games was Plinky Blonky and never made it outside the games |
| 0:41.4 | cartridges. |
| 0:42.4 | But games music has evolved. |
| 0:44.2 | It can be heard in concert halls and at awards ceremonies. |
| 0:48.5 | Even music purists are taking it seriously as a genre. |
| 0:55.9 | Just up though. |
| 1:03.9 | Today Russia's President Vladimir Putin is widely expected to declare that four regions |
| 1:08.6 | in Ukraine will be joining Russia. |
| 1:11.8 | This annexation follows some referendums that were held in the regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, |
| 1:17.2 | Zaparysia and Horson. |
| 1:19.4 | It all comes from a familiar playbook. |
| 1:21.8 | In 2014, a referendum also taken to be a sham resulted in the annexation of Crimea. |
| 1:28.5 | This time it seems the world is not going to stand idly by. |
| 1:32.6 | The Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterrez, warned yesterday that Mr. |
| 1:37.1 | Putin's expected announcement would be a dangerous escalation in what he said was a moment |
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