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We should make it harder for Russians to go on holiday

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Tim Leunig
Nov 18, 2024
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Most people love to get away for a holiday in the sun. Russians certainly do. I don’t blame them.

The temperature in Moscow this week is around zero, with sleet and 40 miles an hour winds. St Petersburg will see snow as well as sleet, and Yekaterinburg is colder than both. In contrast Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh resort will h…

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