The World Ahead | Graphic detail 2024 is the biggest election year in history But there is more to democracy than voting Russia 144m Pakistan 245m Turkey 86m Mexico 129m Bangladesh 175m Indonesia 280m India 1.4bn United States 342m Britain 68m Brazil 218m In 2024, countries with more than half the world’s population —over four billion people—will send their citizens …
Despite Western-led sanctions aimed at punishing Russia over its war in Ukraine, growing demand for Russian energy imports has helped keep the country’s besieged economy afloat. China and India, both of which have declined to condemn Russia or impose sanctions over the war, became the biggest buyers of Russian crude oil last year as Western countries restricted imports and imposed …
