Films | The global normalcy index

Covid-19: when will life return to normal?

Whilst some behavioural changes will prove temporary, others will stick

Past pandemics have transformed societies—and this time it’s no different. As restrictions ease, glimpses of a pre-pandemic world have begun to reappear. Will life ever return to normal? To answer this question, The Economist has devised a “normalcy index” to track how behaviour has changed, and continues to change, because of the coronavirus pandemic.

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Full-length interview: the head of NATO on how Ukraine can win the war

Jens Stoltenberg discusses the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump with our editor-in-chief


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Who is “Europe’s last dictator”?

Alexander Lukashenko has doubled down on political repression, but is dependent on Russia


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Is Putin winning the war in Ukraine?

Our experts discuss what the next year of conflict might hold

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A portrait of Alexei Navalny

A podcast on the prominent Russian dissident, who died in prison on February 16th

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Alexei Navalny, in his own words

In 2017 The Economist interviewed the opposition leader about Putin’s Russia and his own prison experience