Oil and vodka: Russia’s resilient economy
The Intelligence from The Economist
The Economist
4.5 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 31 March 2022
⏱️ 25 minutes
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Summary
After Russia invaded Ukraine, Western businesses pulled out and governments imposed punishing sanctions. But Russia’s economy is proving surprisingly resilient. In the instalment of our French election series, we travel to Provence to better understand the campaign of the hard-right candidate Eric Zemmour, who has tapped into and stoked anti-Muslim sentiment. And why Lebanon’s plastic surgeons are thriving amid an economic mess.
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| 1:06.5 | Aliq Zimor, a far-right presidential candidate, has relentlessly stoked anti-Muslim sentiment |
| 1:11.8 | in France. |
| 1:13.2 | We pay a visit, finding a constituency afraid the society is changing too much and a Muslim |
| 1:18.5 | community afraid that nothing is changing at all. |
| 1:23.7 | Making good money in Lebanon is just about impossible these days after a series of economic |
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