Editor’s Picks: November 15th 2021

<p>A selection of three essential articles read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist. This week, the consequences of <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/11/13/russias-new-era-of-repression?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Russia’s new era of repression</a>, why too many are still denied <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/11/13/the-welcome-spread-of-assisted-dying?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the right to die</a> <a href="https://www.economist.com/leaders/2021/11/13/the-welcome-spread-of-assisted-dying?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">assisted dying</a> (09:19) and why Turkey is <a href="https://www.economist.com/europe/2021/11/11/turkeys-government-sees-no-humour-in-soft-fruit?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">deporting refugees for eating bananas</a> (17:09)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Watch <em>The Economist</em>’s new documentary film, <a href="https://www.economist.com/russia-film?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">“Fearless: the women fighting Putin”</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Please subscribe to <em>The Economist</em> for full access to print, digital and audio editions:</p><p><a href="http://www.economist.com/podcastoffer?utm_campaign=editors-picks&amp;utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=third-party-host&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.economist.com/podcastoffer</a> </p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey;