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.

During the Cold War, the reputation of Soviet spies was nothing short of terrifying.

The KGB was everywhere, anywhere.

Russia's security services have been dining out on that perception since then, but the

war in Ukraine reveals just how far they've fallen.

And it is as country music a story as you can imagine.

The coal miner's daughter who surprised herself by becoming the most successful female

country star in history.

Our obituaries editor reflects on the life and the long career of Loretta Lynn.

But first, for months the world has been getting a drip feed of what went on behind the scenes

at America's Capital on January 6th last year, each revelation more dramatic or damnning

them the last.

Yesterday the committee investigating the Capitol riot released video of how Speaker Nancy

Pelosi and other lawmakers who had sought safety that day.

This Pelosi called Virginia's governor Ralph Northam scrambling to get national guard troops

deployed to quell the violence.

As she's speaking, she's watching a television showing the melee in progress.

They're just breaking windows, it's just horrendous and all at the instigation of the President

of the United States.

Surprisingly, perhaps this wasn't the most dramatic moment in yesterday's proceedings.

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