{
  "id": 17481860,
  "title": "Marie Lavigne, a specialist in the economy of the USSR and socialist countries, has died",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/marie-lavigne-specialiste-de-leconomie-de-lurss-et-des-pays",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-10-31T22:00:44.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde Economie",
    "slug": "le-monde-economie",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/disparitions/article/2026/10/31/marie-lavigne-specialiste-de-l-economie-de-l-urss-et-des-pays-socialistes-est-morte_6803767_3382.html"
  },
  "original_language": "fr",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The academic was at the forefront of research in \"economic sovietology\" and then on the post-communist transition to a market economy. She passed away on October 28, at the age of 91.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}