Europe | A plane crash outside Moscow
Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death may consolidate Putin’s power
But it undermines the notion that Russia functions like a normal state
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “Flames and the screech of metal”
Europe August 26th 2023
- Yevgeny Prigozhin’s death may consolidate Putin’s power
- Ukraine’s sluggish counter-offensive is souring the public mood
- In Spain’s parliament, you can now speak Basque (or Catalan or Galician)
- In Belgrade, backers of Ukraine and Russia fight with graffiti
- Italy’s hard-right government is starting to look more radical
- Italy’s beaches are a battleground of the European economy
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