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Private jets of Russian oligarchs keep flying but not to Europe

Private jets of Russian oligarchs keep flying but not to Europe

IN the two years before the war in Ukraine, a private Boeing 737 linked to Russian oligarch Vladimir Yevtushenkov crisscrossed the globe, taking in the French Riviera, the Maldives and Seychelles along with world capitals and financial centres. This year, instead of traditional playgrounds of the well-heeled, the jet has visited ex-Soviet states Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Belarus a handful of times, along with China, flight tracking data by Flightradar24 shows. In a sign of both the limitations and reach of Western sanctions in place since Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, some of Russia's rich and powerful are finding ways to keep…
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Africa mulls how to circumvent western sanctions as it chooses to cooperate with Russia

Africa mulls how to circumvent western sanctions as it chooses to cooperate with Russia

ABBEY MAKOE RUSSIAN lawmakers have met with African diplomats in a virtual conference to thrash out mutual ways to mitigate the food security challenges in the wake of the looming global supply shortages aggravated by the ongoing Ukraine conflict. The US and EU economic sanctions against Russia have targeted food and fertilizer exports in an effort to cripple the Russian economy. However, the Ukraine conflict has also restricted the capability of the Kyiv administration to export particularly grain. This has triggered fears at the UN level that the international community is on the brink of a hard-hitting hunger and famine,…
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