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Holly Case reviews a new book by Ukrainian historian Iryna Vushko about the collapse of the Habsburg Empire, which has many interesting insights into early 20th-century ethnic autonomy politics that Europeans are still duking out today.
Oliver Carroll sums up the end of Andriy Yermak and how it weakens Zelensky's political machine. https://www.economist.com/europe/2025/11/28/a-corruption-scandal-costs-volodymyr-zelensky-his-top-aide
Earlier today, anti-corruption agents raided the home of Zelensky's powerful chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, who says he's cooperating fully. Rumors have circulated for weeks about when Yermak might be implicated in the Energoatom-kickback scandal.
Today is Thanksgiving in America, a day when many of us visit our elders in their dusty old homes and express gratitude for things we mostly did ourselves. Or, as Volodymyr Zelensky calls it, Thursday.