Ignore the wildly inaccurate Ukraine stuff, the rest is quite interesting

A mini roundup

People still don’t get it

The actual figures and significance

“he was no taller than me in my black, flat pumps, and possibly even a little smaller”

Deutsche Bank and the Turkmenistan dictatorship

Final presidential reform vote today

France

Germany

Is a showdown looming?

Britain

Simon Heffer waxes lyrical, makes good points, but has a rather odd definition of “most of us”, seemingly discounting anyone under 40

Perfect

Former communists to start getting nervous…