Kazakhstan is drawing a new line in its enforcement of sanctions targeting Russia, vowing to put its own economic interests first as it also deepens trade ties with countries from Iran to China. The Central Asian nation “won’t blindly follow the sanctions” if they affect domestic companies that function as the main employers in their areas” – Bloomberg.
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Online influence campaigns tied to Russia are expected to promote Western politicians’ opposition to ongoing support for Ukraine ahead of an upcoming election in the US, according to a report published by Meta.
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A Chinese state-owned enterprise successfully placed 18 satellites into orbit, state broadcaster CCTV reported, as China seeks to create its version of SpaceX’s Starlink network.
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87,655 children were born in Ukraine in the first half of 2024, a 9% decrease from the same period last year. 250,972 deaths were recorded during this period, making Ukraine’s mortality rate for 2024 approximately 3 times its birth rate.
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Russia is unable to conduct full import substitution and establish the production of high-tech components that are a component of their weapons, and maintains a critical need to obtain such components from Western companies, according to Ukraine’s Ambassador to the Netherlands, Oleksandr Karasevich.
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7 banks have shared data with UK law enforcement in a ‘dirty money’ crackdown. Britain has increased efforts to tackle economic crime, which lawmakers say costs the economy up to around £350 billion ($452 billion) each year, after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine highlighted how kleptocrats and criminals used the country as a haven to launder, hide and spend “dirty money”.
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Poland wants the EU to launch a campaign in the US to raise awareness with the American public about the importance of the joint relationship ahead of the US presidential election to counter what it describes as Russian “disinformation” aimed at sowing division between the EU and Washington.
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