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UN will maintain Libyan Investment Authority sanctions

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LIBYA

The state of the Libyan Investment Authority.

New US bans will hold back China's chip development

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CHINA

Taking effect either immediately or from October 21, the new rules amount to a technological containment strategy -- a characterisation that statements by senior Biden…

Divergent rules raise sanctions compliance risks

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INTERNATIONAL

Although alignment in Western states' sanctions has increased over time, important differences remain. A major challenge concerns hidden ownership of companies left off sanctions…

Malian military unlikely to surrender political role

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MALI

Their arrests followed a cabinet reshuffle which sidelined two ministers, both army officers and allies of Colonel Assimi Goita, who led the August 2020 coup that resulted in the…

Fledgling cryptocurrency plans face obstacles in Cuba

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CUBA

Cryptocurrency use could help counter US trade sanctions and offer Cuba a back door to international financial structures. Government plans nevertheless appear underdeveloped, and…

Moldova's economic and banking crisis could grow

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MOLDOVA

Moldova's weak economy is currently embroiled in the midst of a banking crisis which has seen 1 billion dollars go missing from three of the nation's biggest banks. In total, this…

China’s new blacklist is a threat to foreign firms

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CHINA

China's plan to blacklist foreign firms for denying supplies to Chinese customers.

Belarus leader tests EU's will to punish him

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BELARUS/EU

The measures are a response to the May 23 diversion of a Ryanair airliner to Minsk airport on the pretext of a bomb warning. When the plane landed, the Belarus authorities…

Balkanisation of the internet will rise

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INTERNATIONAL

This intervention is an inevitable consequence of the maturing of the digital economy and the fact that countries have different regulatory preferences. China was the first to do…

Russian opposition pauses to build energy for election

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RUSSIA

As Navalny shuttles between a prison cell and a courtroom, his team is having to adapt to life without its leader and to the challenge of converting generalised dissatisfaction…