Assorted links

1. The troubles of Russia.  And Krugman’s notes on Russian debt.

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3. Qatar soccer markets in everything.

4. Prosecutors and defense lawyers on Serial.

5. “It’s the people that are carrying stuff like chainsaws that make me wonder.”

6. The 109-year-old tuatara virgin.

7. George Clooney on Sony and North Korea.

8. “Everything in her working life is organized around the illness…”