From joy to terror: Gazans crammed into Rafah brace for Israeli assault on.ft.com/3Uzm5H5

“I feel no pain. The head, the eye and the body will heal. The fight against the Putinists must continue,” Georgia's main opposition party leader Levan Khabeishvili said after riot police beat him up during the ongoing fight over the country's EU future

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'I understand that my vote won’t change anything, but I think it’s an important event to see how many of us are there.'

Putin winning Russia's election is a foregone conclusion. But that didn't stop Russians from protesting by showing up to vote en masse
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'By killing Alexei, Putin killed half of me. Half of my heart, and half of my soul. But I have the other half left, and it is telling me that I have no right to give up.'

Yulia Navalnaya vows to carry on her husband's legacy.

Past three days by the Russian embassy in London.

“I love you,” Yulia Navalnaya writes

“Typically, boycotts are fairly limited in terms of geographical reach and duration […] but we are living in a different day and age today”.

Starbucks and McDonald’s have felt the blow from global protests since the start of Israel’s offensive in Gaza. on.ft.com/3SQ1q1O

This weekend a piece I've been thinking about for a long time published in FT Weekend Magazine. It features an incredible woman named Silva Özyerli (@sozyerli), an Armenian who is recording endangered Armenian recipes in Turkey and reviving extinct ones (🧵)

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My dispatch from Peshawar and other cities on the ongoing expulsion of Afghan refugees from Pakistan - and the surge of community support that has followed.

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‘All Gazans, rich and poor, young and old, are reeling from Israel’s offensive against Hamas in Gaza. Virtually every family has lost a relative or friend.´

What will be left of Gaza when the war ends? Financial Times ⁦Andrew England⁩
⁦Heba Saleh⁩ on.ft.com/3S45nj8

“Ikea didn’t invent the plate. If you go into a TV store you will see thousands that all look very similar — the only difference is the logo.”

great story by ⁦⁦daria mosolova⁩ on Russia’s ersatz economy of copycats replacing departed western brands on.ft.com/3Rynqwb

Prof. Ibadoghlu taught me at LSE. I remember the presentation he did with Tomila Lankina, on all the buildings in London that are illicitly owned by Azerbaijani elites and their relatives - they were hoping to one day turn it into a walking tour.

Please read, by Полина Иванова.

Russian rouble falls past 100 per dollar as boost from higher interest rates fades on.ft.com/3RHQL96

“What is happening in this country!? How did this exchange rate come about?!”

⁦Mary McDougall⁩ ⁦daria mosolova⁩ and ⁦Anastasia Stognei⁩ on the ruble’s precipitous fall on.ft.com/3DTdoiL

A steady flow of foreign aid has bolstered Kyiv's currency reserves and sent government bonds surging more than 50% since early June. on.ft.com/3EaOxHD

I tried to put Evan’s wit and wisdom, and all of our pain, onto one page. This is my letter to our brilliant friend, who as of today has spent a full month in jail.

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I have moved on to my next stint on FT Markets, and lucked out with having George Steer as my desk mate.

Here is our piece on what’s happening at the Moscow Exchange, over a year since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine cut the country off from global markets.

Central banks load up on gold in response to rising geopolitical tensions on.ft.com/43NKah0

FT editorial: Russia’s cowardly act

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“Reporting on Russia is now also a regular practice of watching people you know get locked away for years.”

A heartbreaking piece about how Evan Gershkovich chronicled Russia’s descent into madness until the FSB arrested him, by Joe Parkinson and drew hinshaw wsj.com/articles/wsj-r…