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from The Economist. In New York, I'm your host, John Fastman. Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

The Mongol Golden Horde, the Kremlin Tatar Khanate, the Kingdom of Poland, Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Soviet Union.

All ruled what today is Ukraine,

giving the country a rich cultural heritage, one that Russia's invasion is destroying.

And hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians, who two months ago led ordinary, peaceful lives,

have taken up arms to defend their country.

Our obituaries editor remembers one, an actor and television presenter, dead at just 33.

First up, though.

President Volodomir Zelensky delivered an excoriating speech to Germany's lawmakers yesterday. When we were, we've said that the North-Potoky,

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