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25 UN report: two years left
to reduce emissions and avoid global disaster, and we probably won't make it
27 EU’s crisis funds depleted by climate-related chaos
29 Only 11 countries are reducing emissions and all will miss Paris targets
COVER FEATURE
32 "The worst is over," says
Russia's economic elite
CENTRAL EUROPE
36 Polish far-right parties could dictate next government
37 Czech companies urge PM to ensure equal rights to LGBT+ people
38 Orban should hold the champagne just yet
40 Hungarian finance minister suggests raising bank levy to cover rising budget deficit
41 Poland’s first nuclear power plant clears key hurdle in ambitiously timed plan
SOUTHEAST EUROPE
42 Erdogan says Ankara could part ways with EU
43 European Council president says Western Balkans and EU should prepare for en- largement by 2030
44 Is this man the successor to Erdogan?
45 Serbia’s treatment of anti- war Russians is sabotaging its investment reputation
EASTERN EUROPE
48 Russia and Iran: the Pariah Club
50 Kolomoisky charged with embezzling $250mn from PrivatBank in landmark case
52 “I won’t abandon my state.” Zelenskiy to run for president if elections held
53 Kyiv slams Russian parliamentary elections in Crimea and four annexed Ukrainian regions
EURASIA
54 How many of the Russians who fled Putin’s war machine for Kazakhstan stayed there?
55 Plight of Kyrgyzstan’s ‘canary in coal mine’ news service Kloop worsens
57 Georgia's ruling party initiates impeachment proceedings against president over EU visits
58 Iran releases five US citizens after receiving €5.5bn of frozen funds
59 Iranians are returning to Dagestan after 300-year absence
OPINION
60 Francis Fukuyama says a weakened Russia will present opportunities for Central Asia
62 Iran's challenges remain daunting, one year after Amini's death
63 Time for Europe to get tough on Azerbaijan
64 Russia’s vanishing trade surplus
NEW EUROPE IN NUMBERS
67 Europeans support ongoing aid and weapons for Ukraine even if politicians waver
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