Hello and welcome to the Intelligence from the Economist.

Today from London, I'm your host Jason Palmer.

Every weekday we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

Plenty of Russian men would prefer fleeing their homeland to be indrafted into the

war new crane.

And few would go to the lengths would take the risks that too mended escaping in a tiny

boat from Russia's far east.

We hear their hair-raising story.

And one thing that sets 7th day Adventists apart from other denominations is that their

diet is tied to their faith.

Another is that on average they lead longer lives.

Our correspondent examines the public health lessons that can be drawn from the community.

But first...

There's a little jostling going on at the top of a ranking that no one wants to win,

a list of cities with the filthiest air.

One pattern is clear, a new list from the World Bank says 9 of the 10 cities at the top

are in South Asia.

In part it's a question of population, of policy, of local practices like burning off

the stubble after grain harvests.

But it's also a question of geography.

The Indo-Gangetic Plain, founded by the Himalayas to the north, traps pollution in a huge

swath of land, and pollution doesn't pay any mind to national borders.

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