Hide, park: Russian money in London

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<p>Britain’s capital is packed with foreign capital, in particular the Russian kind. We ask what it is about London that <a href="https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/05/05/londongrad-is-falling-down?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">attracts</a>—and protects—the oligarchs. We check in again with Lusya Shtein of the anti-Putin punk-rock group Pussy Riot about her <a href="https://www.economist.com/1843/2022/06/01/with-her-playstation-and-her-pet-rat-how-one-member-of-pussy-riot-fled-russia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">daring escape</a> from Russia. And amid celebrations of Queen Elizabeth II’s 70-year tenure, we reflect on <a href="https://www.economist.com/britain/2022/05/26/britain-celebrates-a-jubilee-again?utm_campaign=a.io&utm_medium=audio.podcast.np&utm_source=theintelligence&utm_content=discovery.content.anonymous.tr_shownotes_na-na_article&utm_term=sa.listeners" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">royal jubilees</a> through history.</p><p>For full access to print, digital and audio editions of <em>The Economist</em>, subscribe here <a href="http://www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/intelligenceoffer</a></p> <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>