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.

For obituaries, editor reflects on the life and the long career of Loretta Lin.

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 capital riot released video of how Speaker Nancy

Pelosi and other lawmakers who had sought safety that day.

Ms. 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.

That came from Representative Liz Cheney, who called for one more key figure in the investigation.

We are obligated to seek answers directly from the man who set this all in motion.

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