Marlene smiles a little, and sets down her teacup. The rest of the store is empty - her last customer having run out before Fortescue's closed - and she leads Hermione back into the dim shelves. "The Russian and German governments are a bit...what's the best way to put this. Less controlling, let's say, than ours. Germany's been a bit outspoken about some of the Minister's policies, so that might be a good place to start." And a little easier than reading Russian. "The French are more circumspect about it, but they have some good neutral writing on the last decade or so."

She tugs a couple books off the shelf, newer volumes than most of her store. "The last decade's been when most of the changes happened," she says. "Before that...well, Da says these things didn't come out of thin air, but most of the actual regulation didn't happen until Tom Riddle became minister. That was when I was twelve, though."