APRIL 2018 | NO 1804

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Will Five Stars now be able to govern? Chechnya’s very long emergency Earth that will be forever tainted It’s big but doesn’t have consistent policies and its hands aren’t totally clean | luca manucci ▶ p2

Almost a colony of Russia, but its leader wants a bigger role | anne le huérou & aude merlin ▶ p8

The toxic legacy of Fukushima will last for decades | PHILIPPE PATAUD CÉLÉRIER ▶ p12

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It’s about state, not religion The resurgent Orthodox Church is key to Putin’s new nationalism | ANAÏS LOBET ▶ p10

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Erdoğan sets up his re-election

A fight with NATO, interventions in Syria, and alliance with the far right | AKRAM BELKAÏD ▶ p4